Wellington and Marlborough Jaunt - July 2010

The 'Hive

Well, I am damn tired after a busy sojourn to Wellington for work. I have no funny in me today as my fatigue level is at Max on the dial-o-blah. It was wonderful if not a bit madcap and rushed. but New Zealand was beautiful as always. A colleague and I kicked off with a night in Wellington, then a day in Marlborough, night spent at a lodge in Marlborough Sounds then a morning Sea Plane tour (fab!), then Vineyards, then back to Wellington for two days. Followed by a 4.30am (2.30am Aust time) wake up call and flight back to Sydney where I arrived at the office and started drooling on my keyboard within 40 mins. Anyhoo here are some pics as my words have left me for the current space of time and place...(Uh, what does that mean!?) and yes I took these pics no google image stealing for me...this time. ahem.

Wellington Cable Car - It's red!

Seresin Vineyard Marlborough

View from my room at Portage Lodge in Marlborough Sounds

Marlborough Sounds by Portage Lodge

Wellington Sunday Morning

I am leaving on a jetplane...

So officially have the travel bug this year I tells ya and I don’t mean that uncomfortable itching when you frequent too many park benches after dark, I mean the type where your passport gets a right rogering and it needs a trip to Golden Door and a face lift after. I am off to New Zealand for work in July to traipse about Wellington and Marlborough which will be very fun, then in August I jet off to NYC with a side order of Philadelphia and Washington DC for a vaycay. Then in December I’m back on the winged metal Tampax to go back to New Zealand for Xmas to see the mother and then do a 10 day drive around the South Island with 4 mates. FUN! I am already taking my vitamin B and packing my denture glue.

This is on top of a trip to Brisbane I had last week with my mates Matt and Adrian, what a surprisingly fun town ole Brissy was! I was utterly bushed on returning to Sydney after 4 days debauching it up in the north. Those Queenslanders know how to have fun and we spent most of the time going out, coming home from being out and getting ready to go back out. It was very fun, apart from when Matt and Adrian decided to trap me between the couch and the wall down shove Adrian's feral dirty sock in my mouth. I was later informed he had tinea too. BLERG!!! Anyway I got him back when I threw his dirty mouth invading $100 Ozwald Botang sock off the 29th floor of our apartment.

Here are some pics anyway for your perusal.

Me (looking freakishly large), Matty and Adrian (with flash induced crazy eye)

Beer. Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover

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Matty and I