By the numbers
1 wet day
1 movie
28747 steps
19.83 kms
I did think the weather would be the same as the day before
so had the thoughts to resume my climb up Kaiti Hill after I had something to
eat. I was starting to wonder about the weather and while I was inside it had
rained and I did not notice. I had other ideas to hire a bike to go see a beach
that had a marked grave for some whales, look around the book sale at the local
library and go see the old goal if time permitted. I had no sooner left the
dryness of Maccas when it started to rain.
I usually carry my wet weather gear and this time I did have
it as I broke out my brolly while heading to the foot trail hoping the rain
would stop. With the drizzle turning into a steady stream of water, I put off
my tour up the hill as I thought the trail would be slippery and muddy two
things I could do without so I headed back across the river to town. I took a
back street to the info centre as I was going to consult that map, but I got
myself a little lost, but found my way to the info centre. I wanted to visit
the goal as it was a historic sight and wanted to see what information there
was about it. I had to turn pack as the wind started blowing and the rain was
annoying as I would have to put away my brolly and I did not want to do that at
all.
The wet weather looked like it was set in for the day and I
thought I would see the booksale and then see a movie instead. There were
plenty of books at the library, although they were still setting it all up. I
lost interest even though the books were $2 each. I did not have the room for
books like that and went to check to see the movie times. I had to wait half
hour before the cinema would open and I chose the new Jack Reacher movie as I
had seen one of the others that was showing. I walked into a cinema waiting for
a movie to start and found I was in the wrong place. I had wandered into cinema
1 and not 5. I had sat in to see Contact that started at the same time, so I
made my way to the new cinema that was smaller and had comfy seats unlike the
other one. The weather did seem to clear up while I was in the movie, but I
found myself some lunch before trying for a second time to visit the old goal.
On the way to the goal, I came across Sunshine breweries,
but I thought it best to keep walking. I don’t want to drink while wandering town,
but at least I knew where it was. The old goal was at the Olympic park, but i was
not what I expected. Sure it was old, but no signs or anything told the story
other than the murals in the windows. It really did look like a run down
building. I followed the foreshore track back towards the hostel as it was
trying hard to rain again. I thought that it would be best to sit back and read
a book for a little while during the afternoon. Also needed to sort my gear out
as I would be leaving early the next day for Whakatane. I am hoping since I
catch the bus at 8am that the roads will be quiet and still have to think of the way that I want to take
to get to the bus stop. I cant afford to get lost again even if I try to use
free wifi like at Maccas. I was having a laugh with some Germans in my room
last night as they had said they find Germans everywhere in the most unexpected
places like on top of mountains. I didn’t do as much wandering as I had done
the day before though I think that is a good thing. I was also happy a friend
back home, Dawn got her PHD and is now a Doctor, which is awesome. She has done
the hard yards in getting it done and for that I commend her.
Hopefully the weather on my way to the bus is fair as I do
not like the idea of walking to the bus in the rain, but at least it is not
winter in the snow.
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