Day 1, the Pickup

A beautiful day in both Auckland and Dunedin.

A few moments before we left home, Lynette spotted a mouse that one of the cats had brought in as a going away present.  That was caught and quickly dropped outside.  Who knows what extra food they will have accumulated by the time we return.

A pleasant ferry, train and bus trip to the airport.  Air NZ left about half an hour late. (Some things just stay the same......)  At Dunedin it was 10C, fine and sunny with long shadows.  We had booked a shuttle into Auto Court and were the first to be dropped off.

Bob had the van ready for us so we loaded up.  He told us that the hills north of Dunedin would use a fair amount of battery capacity, but going down to the sea on the other side would definitely regenerate a significant amount.  

We started to pick up the bits we had ordered as Click and Collect.  Supercheap Auto had our goodies ready, but Warehouse Stationery and Bunnings had not received the orders from their central warehouses.  We cancelled the Bunnings order and went shopping and will try that with Warehouse Stationery tomorrow.  We went to the wrong Warehouse, but when we went to the right place, everything was there.  The hotel also had the roof rack in a large carton, waiting for us.

The back of the van now looks like the inside of a gypsy caravan, so situation normal.  It will take a couple of days of tweaking and unpacking to get things under control.

   Lyn's e-Van, Jim and Bob Woodford of Auto Court Dunedin