Have had a busy day today and am a bit hot and bothered after wearing my heavyish sports shoes and socks all day. Started off at Cataract Gorge, quite unlike anything in NZ, maybe in Central Otago you would see similar things. Walked along the gorge, then across a weir to another big area with a cafe where we had a big glass of juice or a coffee and a friand or biscuit, then back across a swing bridge ( a little scary if schoolkids are on it at the same time, my friend informed me. Thankfully they were not, they jig up and down!) . Then a look at an old mill which houses a deli with yummy preserved and jammy goodies, fortunately too heavy for me to consider bringing back Will make my own edible goodies in due course. Rae had been baking before we came and has produced such delicacies as afghans, jumbles and iconic fly cemeteries for afternoon tea each afternoon.
Then to the museum where most of it was being renovated or the exhibition changed. There was a big shed with railway exhibits and an interesting film on the river and its part in the life of the city over the decades. In winter it becomes a raging torrent and even has flooded a few times, quite seriously.
Had lunch in City Park, with its beautiful roses and other plantings and some monkeys of all things in a big enclosure. Would have preferred some Australian wildlife but it will have to wait for another trip.
Back home via the supermarket to buy some food for our evening meal which I have volunteered to cook seeing as Rae has prepared these wonderful meals at all other times. Plus some unusual goodies which we don't readily have available in our supermarkets, like fig and wholegrain crackers, other yummy wafer biscuits, some Tasmanian cheese, some Cheesybite (an unusual mix of Vegemite and cheese!!!) which Elisabeth mind find rather curious. All in all a very full day. Home tomorrow.
