Caryl

We are home at last and have a special visitor - Stella is with us!!! :happy1:

We are now at Franz Josef. It snowed at Queenstown and we were able to play in it at the top of the Cardona Ranges. Top down all day, with sunshine, until just before Franz Josef when it started to rain with a bit if hail. Had a meal at Speights. Nicely presented but otherwise noting to write home about. Tomorrow will probably head up the glacier then heading further up the coast, to spend the next night at the Blackball Hilton.

We are sitting in the Kingston railway station waiting for our ride on the Kingston Flyer. For those who don't know, it is a steam train. It poured all the way from Invercargill to here and I fear it will still be raining when we get to Queenstown :roll: We will be on Cue TV at 5.30 apparently 8)

All You Need Is Love - Beatles

Sorry about that but we were here such a short time and with others, doing other things If you are at the Coachman Inn at 8.15 you will see us heading out while being filmed by Cue TV :roll: Come earlier and say hi. We are out of bed. Either look for red MX5 with FIXAPC plate or come upstairs to unit 8

Caught up with Jim R tonight and he took us around to Si-sphinx so we got to see the planted tank before he strips it :thup: Even saw the tail end of a blue phantom! :lol:

Very tasty. We had blue cod followed by banoffi pie (so big I even gave some to Grant!!! Something previously unheard of!!) Here is a link to the photo in the Otago Daily Times. We are in it (for those who can find us)

Invercargill finally showed us some sun today. I walked into the Queen's Park this morning (while Grant went to the truck museum - I have seen it 2x which was enough for me but he was happy to see it a 3rd time) and had a good look around. They have a big aviary in there and a number of animals too. Then went to the museum and met Harry the tuatara. We then went to Bluff and had a lovely lunch at The Drunken Sailor, went up to the lookout, then back into town as Grant wanted to visit a man specialising in 1950's/60's sports cars who also builds replica early Jaguars and Ford GT40's. We were going to fly to Stewart Island but it was very rough and windy and I don't travel well so we decided to do that another time. Tomorrow we head to Queenstown, stopping on the way for a trip on the Kingston Flyer :happy1:

You are assuming he did this himself and was in full control of his faculties but that may not be the case ie he may have passed out from drink or drugs with idiots for friends who thought it would be an hilarious prank.

They are in a blue one so either they didn't sell it or they bought another blue one 8) Ross & Dianne I think their names are. We have 3 BOP couples on this run.

Day Dream Believer - The Monkees

We got to meet Godly3vil and his family and fish tonight :happy2: Would have called in to see Jim R, as we are staying about 420m down the road from his place, but we ran out of time. Perhaps tomorrow - if he is around.

I am currently in Invercargill Caper. At the bottom of the South Island. Cold and wet here too

Guess who is on our South Island MX5 Tiki Tour with us??? The owners of Animal Antics 8)

I passed a sign that pointed to Milton yesterday! We had been around the Taiere(?) Heads and all around the back country on our way to the Station Restaurant at Mosgiel. Best meal there I have had in a long time!!

We got a pic and a write up in the Otago Daily Times as our convoy headed through town. It was fine and sunny at the albatross colony but there was only one "chick" left. He is full sized and about to head off. Did you know, when an albatross first leaves the nest, it heads out to sea and does not go back to land for 5 years!!?? They do not start breeding until they are about 10 years old. We also got to go down in the old gun emplacements and play with the Armstrong Disappearing Gun :happy1: We managed not to shoot the lighthouse too

Your hose is running Sam! I spoke too soon F15hguy, it then started to spit and is now overcast. The sun keeps attempting to show so hopefully we won't get wet or freeze to death at the albatross colony. Visited The Pet Warehouse this morning.

Congratulations. Email the pics to me and I will put them up for you when I get home in a couple of weeks or so. How bad an accident??? :-?

We have a tank at the local Hospice with 20+ black widows in it. Very peaceful fish and never had them attack any other species or each other. I have never had any nasty ones either.

Now in Dunedin! Will probably wander about the CBD this morning. Will be going to the albatross colony this afternoon. AAAaannnndddd.... IT'S SUNNY AT LONG LAST!!!!!! :happy2: :happy1:

Hello from Cromwell. We have passed quite a few bodies of water (Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki among them) but not seen any fishes. Not that we looked hard! Went to the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre at The Hermitage by Mt Cook. We will have to believe them about the mountain as it was raining hard and very foggy so we couldn't see any majestic alpine anythings. Heading to Dunedin tomorrow and will be going on to Invercargill later in the week. Must check up on what Godly3vil is doing with all the plants! Perhaps a surprise inspection is in order

I don't use salt in my tank.

Grant's birthday pic was over-exposed (the photo, not Grant) and you can't make out what the cake is with white icing against a white base :roll: Have a look at this instead...

Cake now made and iced - of course with cream cheese icing. Carrot cake isn't carrot cake without the cream cheese! It also has lemon (I like a hint of lemon in a carrot cake) and is sprinkled with crushed walnuts. I shall try and remember to get a photo of the birthday boy with his cake this evening. Have to eat it all tonight as we head away on tour tomorrow and I don't think it will fit in the car. :happy2:

Circumstantial evidence As they were newly introduced, it could be one guppy did not cope with the stress and died - then got eaten by the opportunistic cochu. Many of those fancy guppies seem to drop dead at the slightest provocation!