first off- ah hi. I'm a lurker on your flist and thought it was about time to comment. Your humour in your posts and fics is very refreshing and thankyou for it:-) Dunedin is even better than ChCh in that regard. Due to the 'student' population it attracts, you can actually walk along North Dunedin and most of town without getting attacked/hurt.. as long as you know how to avoid certain crowds I am suprised about the bus thing. Is it rare to not let your children to do so, or are these chldren young? And a steep hill in ChCh? May I ask as to what suburb they are in? If you like a lot of scenery, NZ is excellent for it. I agree with Christchurch being lovely- it was a very English feel to it and being in Lytellton and Aakaroa was very good. However I actually prefer Dunedin as it has some excellent Scottish heritage to it and the architecture is also very good.
The North Island is excellent in getting a sense of the Maori heritage and still has some scenery wonders... if you stand the smell of mud pools.. Seriously there are wonderful parts in it.
Ironically, I have a crush on Melbourne :-) Never been there but have heard some good things about it. Went to Sydney about 10 years ago.
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Dunedin is even better than ChCh in that regard. Due to the 'student' population it attracts, you can actually walk along North Dunedin and most of town without getting attacked/hurt.. as long as you know how to avoid certain crowds
I am suprised about the bus thing. Is it rare to not let your children to do so, or are these chldren young? And a steep hill in ChCh? May I ask as to what suburb they are in?
If you like a lot of scenery, NZ is excellent for it. I agree with Christchurch being lovely- it was a very English feel to it and being in Lytellton and Aakaroa was very good. However I actually prefer Dunedin as it has some excellent Scottish heritage to it and the architecture is also very good.
The North Island is excellent in getting a sense of the Maori heritage and still has some scenery wonders... if you stand the smell of mud pools..
Seriously there are wonderful parts in it.
Ironically, I have a crush on Melbourne :-) Never been there but have heard some good things about it. Went to Sydney about 10 years ago.
And yay for giving papers back :-)
*heads back to lurking*