Hamilton is known for its beautiful gardens: Classic Car Museum, Grease Lightning! Last-minute shopping for a hut-to-hut hike over the Taranaki Mountains in two days. Bought a gas burner with a cookware set, and purification tablets (the huts are basic, only using rainwater, no drinking water). It won't be so…
I looked around and bought a new phone; my old one was dying every few minutes, and it's pretty hard backpacking without it! (booking buses/huts/hostels, maps, checking in, etc.)
We got up early (4:45 a.m.) because we had to leave early to get to our destination on time. We saw a lot of bats! After a bit of a delay, we left around 5:35 a.m. I fell asleep again in the car. At Smithfield Terminal…
In the morning, I went to "The Hat House," a shop owned by the mother of a friend of ours. It was quite a nice shop, with all sorts of artwork, plants, hats, of course, and souvenirs. I have a crocodile magnet with a place name on it...
Cynthia and Cailene were the first to wake up, so they went ahead and picked up the car we'd rented for the next few days. Around 10 a.m., we checked out of the hostel and had breakfast at a small restaurant: Japanese…
After a quick wash, I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens around 1 p.m. There, Cynthia and Angela joined me in a Photosoc photo hunt. There were about six groups in total, around 30 people.
September 23: Beyond the Genome lab wasn't much of a lab; it was basically just computer analysis, but that was fine. I had a great time with Tanya. On my way home, I was bombarded with people trying to get me to participate in the student election. I…
Went to Glebe Markets this morning with the family. We had a great time browsing the stalls and picked up some gozleme for breakfast at one of the stalls: a kind of tortilla with cheese, spinach, and chicken, yum. Dad enthusiastically took pictures of a…
At 10 a.m., the little ones were at my place, all of us taking the bus to Circular Quay (pronounced like the English "key"). Mom isn't used to buses, I noticed, haha. We took the ferry to Manly. That ferry goes...
