Here we are at the start of another weekend. I have spent the week in Wanganui with 2 young men - both younger than my own children! It has been a good week though and we have managed to make a big dent in the work. We have also eaten lunch and dinner together every day so that has been quite a change too. We went for a walk before dinner one evening to the Durie Hill Memorial Tower. This involved climbing a very steep hill which started with 193 steep steps or taking the Durie Hill Elevator - we took the Elevator. This is, apparently, unique in the Southern Hemisphere and involved walking 200metres down a tunnel and then what is really just a rather ancient lift to the top of the hill. Great views over the town but we didn't stop there. We then climbed 176 step spiral staircase (closed in like in castel turrets) to the top of the Tower for even better views. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me so only got photos on my phone. I am going back for a couple of days next week so might just go up again to get the photos but in the meantime I'm back in my temporary home again. Stay aways are a way of life for the audit staff here but new experience for me. Because they audit central ans well as local government here some of the staff even have to travel abroad to carry out audits.
I was planning to spend the weekend touring in the Taranaki region - mountain, waterfalls, beaches - but events have conspired against me and so I will have to defer that trip for another time. Just as well really as we have had torrential rain today and it is forecast to be showery for the rest of the weekend. When they have rain like this is causes big changes in the rivers, as you would expect, but for a few days they can be quite dangerous. Could make the waterfalls fantastic though. I shall be consulting the map shortly and planning this weekends activity.
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