As of next Monday the 6th of July, I'm going to be away for a few weeks. I got married earlier this year (way back in January in fact!) but since I'm a tourguide I couldn't get away in the high season, so the honeymoon has been put off till now.
Of course, in the next two weeks, the following things are bound to happen:
- Peter Jackson will get to ComicCon in San Diego, and will announce/confirm every major actor for The Hobbit,
- Guillermo del Toro will appear here in Wellington at next week's Unity Books autograph session, and will reveal all sorts of cool Hobbit plans,
- The Weta Cave will make a major announcement regarding the new plans for a Middle-earth museum "proper" in Miramar,
- Lots of cool people will come into town looking for me,
...and I won't be here.
Oh well, the honeymoon wins out, I'm afraid. My lovely bride, Aiko, and myself will disappear to a totally secret and undisclosed location (around Brisbane, Australia, actually) for a few weeks, and will be pretty much unreachable.
I may (or may not!) read my email a few times but I probably won't respond. :)
- Jack M.
PS - for those who are wondering - yes, the wedding rings were made by a VERY reputable company... although some of their products have been known to have been discarded in the nearest volcano... :)
Don't know if you will be stopping at Brisbane or the Gold Coast but if you do thought I would pass a bit of local knowledge for your added enjoyment should you need it.
ReplyDeleteRestaurants: e'cco, The Customs House, Cloudland - all amazing and romantic and in Brisbane. (don't go to Cloudland on a Friday or Saturday though).
Chill on Tedder in Main Beach Gold Coast is another amazing restaurant, and Blue Grotto is a lovely little bar to sit in, has amazing calimari, also Main Beach.
In brisbane I think the best pub is probably Brussels, its a belgian bar in the city, doesnt have australian beer but I would avoid that if you are a kiwi anyway.. oh and dont ever eat australian fish n chips it's awful.
@Karen
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info - I'm afraid I didn't get to use it but I do appreciate it! The hotel we used had Wi-Fi (for my iPod Touch) but they assured me I had to plug the provided cable into it first. I tried to explain that having a cable to access the Wireless seemed kinda pointless but they wouldn't budge, so I had no internet access for the first week at all. Didn't really miss it, to be honest!
In the end we spent about a week at the Sunshine Coast, one day driving through Brisbane, and the rest of the 12 days in Gold Coast, at Surfers Paradise. Our days were pretty busy with a whole bunch of stuff, including forest walks, beach walks, a day at the zoo, a day at the markets, and of course a day at Dream World...
Surely nothing can be more romatic than screaming down a rollercoaster together, right? ;)
- Jack M.
Congrats! Happy marriage to you and your wife.
ReplyDeleteI visited New Zealand for 2 weeks in April and completely fell in love with it. I can't wait to come back, but next time for a month.
I'd rather honeymoon in New Zealand than Australia, but hope you had fun!
@Amy Proctor :
ReplyDeleteThanks :) Sometimes it's good to completely get away from everything for a bit, so we went to Australia instead of somewhere local.
The last 7 holidays have been to Rotorua, Christchurch, Picton, Nelson, Napier, and Carterton, and a tour of the South Island with my son, so I do like to tour my own country before leaving it!
- Jack