It would appear a small collony of ants have taken a shine to my bedsit. Oh well, much as I hate killing things they gotta go, so I have laid out some nifty little ‘ant hotels’ filled with some attractive and tasty (yet leathal) cocktails for them…

In other news here are a couple of snaps of the nearby area where I live, I will take some more snaps tomorrow:-

This is a view from the pier at Petone, looking towards Eastbourne (surprisingly in the East!!)

This view is looking across the bay from Wellington City (from some botanical gardens there) the white buildings towards the left in the background is roughly where Petone (pronounced — > Pee-tony) is…

Um…can’t remember what this was, but looked like a good shot so I included it anyways.

Finally back at Petone, on the Pier looking towards my home, you can’t actually see it here, but I live right by those there hills see?? Hmm…well, perhaps once these ants are gone I’ll take some pics a little closer to home ;P

…oh and in other news??? My broadband got switched on early yay!!

The pictures here may make the place I live look ideal, and beautiful, but to put it all in perspective, I live under constant threat of major earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, oh and flooding from the river outside my front door ;P

After having a wander round town today, I happened upon a charming (not quite mint condition) Nissan Sentra (same as the Almira??) 5 door hatch back, central locking, in a dark green. Will have to do a new WOF (Warrant of Fitness - bit like an MOT) in December, and I’ll need to re-register it in November, but I’m otherwise covered until then and it’s currently parked outside my digs.

For a runabout with plenty of space, it cost the equivalent of roughly fifteen hundred quid in UK dosh - bargain in my opinion, but heh….I’m no expert and I am sure I’ll get told off by the ’so called’ experts at work on Tuesday….

Anyways, just wanted to share the joyous news - I’m off exploring now…laters