Happiness is a line without noise...

[vilakins]

Our phone line here is so bad they're getting a technician from Whangarei to fix it today. We managed to get the first clear line in 24 hours so here's a quick post to say hello. The weather's still great (this is newsworthy in NZ, I tell you) and we're off to the other coast for the day to see a 'boulder park': a place full of ancient basalt which has only recently opened. Strike while the sun shines, that's what I say!

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[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the phone line problems, hope it gets resolved soon. Enjoy the sunshine while you can! :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

The guy replaced a card for our line in the resort system and it's working now. :-) They also said they wouldn't charge us for all the failed attempts to connect.

The boulder nature park was magnificent and I'm sure I walked off my lunch there. It's meant to be raining later today, but it's so nice still, we might take the ferry to Russell for lunch.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear things are working now and that you weren't charged (now that's a miracle!). :-)

It sounds as if the park was nice - did you end up going to Russell?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We're going today!

The park was a park in the nature sense: very clambery. Bush walking, climbing over and under huge basalt boulders, but the trails were very well-marked and there were bridges. It was gorgeous: kauri and nikau, strange eroded huge boulders, a bubbling brook, seemingly bottomless ravines, and still, deep pools that reminded me of LOTR. I took some pics to post when I get home. :-)

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

I'll look forward to seeing the photos then. :-)