~Kathy~
On the 4th of August Sabine and I did something totally crazy. We decided to view the car we were interested in and ask a bunch of questions on the legitimacy of the mileage. They reassured us it is standard procedure for the importation of cars into New Zealand, that everything gets checked properly twice, once by the New Zealand car importation authorities and again by the AA. The car we were looking at was a Honda Fit Jazz with an incredibly low mileage. The guy from Midway Motors explained that he goes to Japan and looks at the cars that are left in garages for years because everyone just uses public transport instead. Sabine and I looked at each other and decided to buy the car. The reason why we never said anything until now was to just give ourselves a bit of time to use it, and realise just how much we need it. We had to give back the rental car on the 7th and I personally went to collect Kathy the moment it was ready on the afternoon of the 9th. As soon as I read its new Number Plate that was dealt with THAT MORNING, I realised what its name would be. The reg is KTH303, so naturally I just read it as Kathy.
The car drives much like the hire car, though I have noticed you need to move the steering wheel more. Both Sabine and I drive everyday. I drive a lot too. I've been driving her to work and back, and to Pac n Save. I scouted around the other day for other decent parking spots closer to town but unfortunately couldn't find someplace closer to the road home, so the best place to park is actually still where we were always parking originally.
I'm right now just trying out the Boysenberry Ice Cream from Tip Top as I write this. Its the best! I saw it in Pac N Save yesterday (sunday) and decided to get a tub. XD
~The weekend just gone~
Early Saturday morning there was a knock on the door and a package arrived. I seriously thought it was our new GPS for the car, but instead it was an internet hub! Sabine got internet for our new home after all! Its a monthly package using 'Skinny'.
In the afternoon we drove to a nearby waterfall called Nicols Creek. We had to walk uphill for a while but got really close to it. There was a cute Fantail giving us a show on the path during our walk back down.
On Sunday we drove to Waipori Falls, south of Dunedin. It was a very long car journey, especially in the winding gravel roads of the wilderness. Eventually after many kilometers we arrived in the middle of nowhere, but there was an empty car park with a power station. We were the only ones there! I mean there was only a few cars that were on that road going up, as well as 3 motorcyclists, but that's it. The walk to the falls was okay, so long as you didn't look to your left with the shear drop without a guardrail. At the end it was actually quite nice, though overgrown. You could hardly see the falls.
On the way back to Dunedin we drove to a wetlands called Titri Creek. It was officially closed off, however this must have been due to the flooding. The flooding wasn't there anymore, so we decided to ignore the warning tape and we walked the track. At the end was a viewing platform overlooking the wetlands, valley and hills of south Dunedin. We weren't the only ones doing so either. A guy with his dog walked the track and ignored the warning tape also.
We had to call out the Chinese landlords on Sunday evening as the bloody oven wasn't heating up. We wanted it to cook our pizza but were forced to microwave it instead. The landlords spent ages tinkering over the useless thing and eventually gave up, realising that we were right. Sabines just text me, telling me that the technician will be coming over on Wednesday, the same day our power changes companies from the Landlords to ours, which we decided to go with Flick. So yay, its possible the technician will be here working without power. Brilliant. sigh...
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