The three day Dunedin fair was very windy and cold, then hot, then cold, then hot…..very moody weather! We struggled a bit with the shows and the weather, but managed to perform four out of the six shows. On the Sunday night it was Summer’s punk themed birthday party, so we all dressed up in our most rebellious clothing and ate lolly cake, and cheese fondue! I was a bit tired so I retired early, and watched some Michael McIntyre with Mum, he is probably my favorite comedian!
The Catlins, a stunning coastal stretch of native forest and rugged beaches, and our latest adventure!
Our first stop after Dunedin was at Earthlore Wildlife Gardens where we met Gordon and Janine Thompson. Gordon is otherwise known as Inspector Insector, the investigator for insects! Gordon and Janine are the founders of Earthlore they brought the land back in 2007 they have been cultivating an incredible buzzing garden of bugs, birds and native bush ever since.
While we where exploring the garden Dad offered to hold a very large nursery spider. Dad has always had light arachnophobia no matter how much he tries to deny it, so when this long legged hairy arachnid was placed on his hand and started crawling up his arm, he squealed at such a high pitch all the dogs in the area must have gone deaf, and quickly shook it off his arm!🤣
After Earthlore we drove to Papatowai NZMCA campground, and met up with my Aunt and Uncle, Sheryl and Pete. As we only see them once a year so it was nice catching up with them:). We went for some long walks along the beautiful beach and caught up on some schoolwork.
Invercargill was our next fair, and with it came the rain that is always hovering above that wonderfully gray and cold town. Honestly almost every single time we go there it grey, rainy or cold! I’m sure Invercargill is a nice town when its sunny and warm, but sadly I have yet to be proved wrong, it seems to be continuously dreary and bleak.
I spent all of Friday making Halloween themed party food for the boy’s 8th birthday on Saturday/Halloween. I made witch’s broom sticks out of pretzel sticks & Reese’s peanut butter cups, and witch’s hats out of Oreos, icing and Hershey’s kisses, soooooooooooooo good!!! I also made fairy wands, used cotton buds, meringue ghosts and mulled grape juice!
Saturday was a wash out, it rained all day, no shows for us. Luckily at around 5pm the rain slowly eased up then stopped all together, giving way to sunshine and big wind’s. Everyone dressed up in their Halloween costumes and ate all the spooky snacks.
We left the grounds on Sunday night and drove to Kingston. On Monday it was Dads Birthday! We got up and had our drinks in the sunshine beside lake Wakatipu, the Mum and Dad went for a run up the hill beside us, while the boys and I watched the rest of Harry Potter four; the goblet of fire. I’ve already finished the Harry Potter series but I enjoy watching them again with Dallas and Jaz.
That was my post for Dunedin & Invercargill, I hope you enjoyed it!
Love Dylan Daisy❤