Wednesday 8 December

Slept in until 9 just because for once I could, had rice and beans for brekky. Then I wandered around looking for Siobhan, Joanne, and Verona. Found them packing boxes to ship home so they could shop in Melbourne! Haha! Hung out for a bit, then decided to go read by the pool until they were finished with their errands. Twas lovely in the shade. =) Went for a walk with Jo and Stefan to the Super 7 and then back to the pool until the girls were ready for the coastal track walk up to the Waingari Treaty Grounds where the Maori and the English made peace. Had a nice talk with Stefan. Met the girls at the Post Shop, had to wait a bit but that was fine. The girls wanted some hot chips before we left so we sat and ate with them. Now we were ready to walk! Walked the beach a ways then had to cross a bridge to some rocks. When crossing the bridge we saw some crew members practising in the harbour. They “docked” when we were just walking by and the other crew was already there so they posed for us girls, haha! Once we got through the rocks and around the hote we made it onto the treaty grounds. We saw the giant wakas (canoes) ad the building where the peace treaty was signed. Stefan and I walked a bit farther but the girls went back. The views of te bay were beautiful! Decided there wasn’t much more than a golf course to see so we went back and had a late lunch. 10 ks makes you awful hungry! Got some ice cream and went to the beach, swam a bit with Elise. It was so cold! Didn’t stay very long because the air wasn’t super warm either and the sun wasn’t coming back out. Showered, dinner, money! It finally came through! I got my passport back! Then watched Minority Report with Stefan and my roommate, Bridget. Read a bit then called it a night.