Random thoughts from the depths of my brain
Google Maps has just extended their mapping to Australia and New Zealand. The NZ maps even show the boundaries between sections! I wish I had this before I went to New Zealand in December / January. If only I could figure out how the searching works, at the moment it only seems useful for locating places that you already know where they are.
Over two years since I last went back to New Zealand, this time it's for Eddie and Claire's wedding. As well as the wedding itself, I caught up with brother Adrian for the first time in two years, now conveniently living in Thorndon, and surprised Mum by turning up to dinner unannounced a couple of months after I saw her off from London. Lots of good weather, good cafes and a Lord of the Rings exhibition at Te Papa kept me busy for the week and a half I was there. A few photos were taken, it feels strange being a tourist in your own country.