I don’t even know what to say. It’s crazy to think that when I left for New Zealand I said to friends and family that the coolest things that could happen would be me being an elf in the Hobbit and the Flight of The Conchords playing a show. What do you know! These “jokes/wise cracks” I made turned out to be true. Well kinda. The Flight of The Conchords announced another tour for NZ in the months of June/July. This week they extended the tour into Australia. Since I am planning on coming home in June I didn’t get tickets. Yesterday, the 12th of April a casting call announcement was made for The Hobbit. They need extra elves. On the announcement page it says looking for 5’11” male or female with a slender build. THAT’S ME! I am going to apply for a position. If I were to get it I would have to live in Wellington at the studios till July. I hope they pay well because it would mean I would need to change my flight date and my living expenses would go up.On Saturday Brett and I went to the Dunedin Farmers Market. He told me I had to try a supreme veggie burger. It was alright. I was a fan of the pineapple and hummus on it but I think that when I have a burger I need some sort of meat patty. Walking around in the Farmers Market I noticed again how friendly Kiwi’s are. While we were eating Brett invited two girls who were looking for seats to sit with us. The people here are very welcoming and it’s kinda nice to see that. I am going to try an work on this when I get home. After our lunch with the random girls we went ice skating.
This time I was with all Kiwis. When I got my hockey skates I took a double take and was in shock. The skates were made of thick semi-hard rubber. RUBBER SKATES!! SERIOUSLY! Anyways. Compared to my friends in Canada I am a noob skater. I can barely go backwards, stopping doesn’t really exist for me, and I am used to playing goalie. When I got on the ice I was just skating like normal and yet I was “skating circles” around everyone on the rink. They said I was so graceful. HA! Me graceful on skates. Negative.
After skating Brett and I went to pick up a french backpacker who was staying with us for two nights. When we picked him up we headed off to Tunnel Beach. It was a pretty epic beach. On the beach we did some bouldering. It was a good time. I want to do more of it when I get home. The boulders weren’t too high..maybe 18ft max.
After Tunnel Beach we took Matthieu to Mt. Cargill and Baldwin Street. This time we drove up Baldwin Street. It was fun. When we were on the steepest part I felt like I was an astronaut taking off. So cool.
Saturday night we went to one of Brett and Anna’s friends birthday party. It was alright. I met some interesting people. One guy was from Cornwall so we started talking about Canada and the Ottawa area. One of the tenants of the house had a telescope so we were looking at the moon with it. It was really cool to see the craters and everything else the moon had to offer.
When we left I was the only sober person. Being that, I got to drive home!! YAY!! Driving in NZ. It was a little weird. I think I’ll have to do it more to get use to it. I was safe and it was pretty late so no one else was on the street.
Sunday we went out to the Otago Peninsula. We started off by going to a Kanuka forest. Within this Kanuka forest there were magic mushrooms. Yes the ones you eat to hallucinate from. After the forest we went to Allans beach. It was a nice little beach that didn’t require hills or mountains to climb to reach. We sat on the beach for a little while just chilling out. Watched a male and female sea lion playing around. There was a domestic disturbance on the beach when the male started attacked in slamming his skull into the female. Vicious I tell ya. After the beach we drove up to Cape Saunders. It is a very easterly point on the peninsula. When sitting on the edge of the cliffs you can only see the ocean around you. Apparently it is beautiful area to be at when the sun is rising.
Before we headed home we made a quick stop off at an Albatross Colony. On our way there we saw a King Fischer. I’ve always wanted to see one and now that “dream” has come true. They are ridiculously fast birds. Once we got to the Albatross colony we decided to not pay $40 to maybe see one from a higher point. After about 10 minutes of waiting we saw one glide right above us. They are massive birds! I personally couldn’t tell if it was a Royal Albatross or a Wandering Albatross. Either way it was really cool to see one in flight. I’ve now seen one taking off, sitting on the water and in mid flight. I can easily say that Sunday Funday was a good day.
I spent Monday in town mailing my extras application off to Wellywood and dealing with the bus station. One reason I’ve been in Dunedin so long is that I am trying to return a bus pass I bought when I landed in NZ. I haven’t used it at all because I’ve been getting rides with people I meet. I called and asked if I could return it since it isn’t activated and they said yes. But I need to be in Dunedin and deal with the manager who was on vacation last week. So inevitably I will be here until I get my full refund for my bus pass.
This weekend we plan on doing a tramp (hike) through The Silverpeaks. It is suppose to be a relatively easy trip. 5 hours each way, and we stay in a cabin over night.
Nothing too exciting right now because I am waiting for the bus pass and maybe to hear back from the casting company in Wellington.
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