AOTNZ tour Fairlie

Frustrated with unusable internet at the motel we fled to EAT Cafe where the fire was roaring, the coffee was delicious and the ultra-fast broadband was free. Sorted the correspondence and read a long interview with Hitch from only a fortnight ago - post cancer diagnosis - no indication of religious conversion. Bullied Billers into an admission that he'd been having me on. Accused him of having no sympathy for a fellow hack.

Curried snarlers and a bottle of Pinot for dinner and off to a nice gig at the local Golf Club. About 110 turned out and the ladies did supper afterwards. They didn't know the phrase 'three buttered and two iced'. Maybe it's a Waimate thing. No bar service!

On the road to Dunedin we see the sun for the first time since Roxburgh. Tonight we farewell the South.

Andrew