Of rust and rocks

Barry and I have headed off for a few weeks to New Zealand.  We spent some lovely days in Auckland and then hopped down to the South Island where we are pottering around and generally having a great time.

Our first real stop was Oamaru - a beautiful town that in amongst its various claims to fame, also calls itself the Steampunk Capital of NZ. We had the best fun touring Steampunk HQ - mostly because we wandered out in to their back yard where they had loads of junk and pieces in different stages of progress.  Barry has posted on many of the wonders as well - it was a rust-lovers heaven...

We drove further south to the Moeraki Boulders. Susan had introduced me to them and recently made a book inspired by them, and I was keen to see them for myself.

Again they were wonderful. I spent the whole time thinking about worlds, atlases, maps, exploding worlds...they were incredibly powerful in their own way. We had lunch overlooking the ocean and have now headed down Dunedin way...

Wi-fi internet is fickle in places, so most of my travel posts will be like postcards I think!