Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Free rental car. Really.
We needed to get from Wellington to the Hawkes Bay. We looked at flying and rental cars, with the latter being our preferred option: the drive is not that long (about 4 hours) and quite pleasant. All the quotes we found for rental cars for a day were horrendously expensive (around the NZ$150 mark). Hmmm. Then Hamish found us a link to a rental deal. Stephen rang them and was told: ‘Look mate, I’ll fill up the tank, you just drop it in Napier with a full tank, and the rest is free’. Sweet! Too good to be true? Nope. Worked a treat! And no, there was nothing dodgy about it, just a rental that needed returning to another office.
So we arrived in Havelock North yesterday and set up camp in our nice home for the next few weeks.
Today, on a glorious winter day, we went for a first walk in Te Mata Park, literally just down the road from where we are.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Still at Havelock North Basecamp. We are staying in a self contained one-bedroom flat off of Joh and Mark’s home. We are only a 10 minute stroll from the village.
Places fondly remembered: Birdswood Gallery
