For Nearly 20 years, the Glengarry Wine Academy has been working with wine lovers to educate and assist them in their wine knowledge. The courses are an opportunity for beginners as well as experienced aficionados (Kim people) to expand their Knowledge and develop interest.
The Event was hosted by the Rotary Club of Devonport, which is part of the North Shore Cities.
It was great. There where 16 wine estates that are all from the North Shore area, about a 20 min drive from where I live!! The people were great, music went from funky Jazz, to drums, and very urban styled music. Woman and wine a like were fantastic and everyone, yet a few, behaved well. There is one thing that I have picked up about New Zealand is that Drinking and Driving is a massive offence to the public. Everyone used buses and ferries (Did not want to return on the Ferry) and you find the few that by late afternoon were rocked gone, no one would serve them any alcohol and the police had an escort service up and running, taking people who lived close to the area home.
They had to stages set up. The main one was pretty funky/out there Jazz, and the other smaller stage under the trees, was mellow music.
The QU2 which actually is the Queen Mary 2nd was in on its maiden voyage around the world. One word.......... wait two words......... F**KING HUGE!!!!! She couldn't fit in at the normal ports and she had to dock at the tankers side of the harbour because it was the only area large enough to accommodate her. I mean, 35 stories tall and 100+ meters wide and 100's of meters long. Iesh, this one was big, very very big!!!!!!!
Sian and I bought some Nandos and headed off to the Varsity park that looks over Auckland. While trying to eat our lunch we had to fight off these little birds, in their groups of 30, from eating our lunch. They will try break a piece off while you got your burger in your mouth. They make a flock of sea gulls pleasant.
And if you are South African, and some one hears it, they give you this card. It advertises South African festivals ect, hosted around New Zealand.
Now, for a little bit of shitty things. Like the Picture of the white tail spider below is the reason you got to shake your things out before putting it on!!!!!!!! Nearly got me, little SVINE!!!
Some pics of the city. These ladies and gents on their Vespa scooters are FREE water people. They promote water like we promote liquor. They ride around the city hooting, making noise, then give you water, really nice, cool water!!!
This is also pretty sad. It was the Rainbow Warrior, Flag ship for Greenpeace, that was sunk by french secret agents and special forces while she was docked in Auckland harbour July 1985. World famous photographer and man who carried the photo evidence of what nuclear testing does, Fernando Pereira was killed by the explosion, while sleeping on the ship.
This serves in his memory and as a reminder to the world to work towards a better future. New Zealand is a great example of man living with nature," UN spokesman for Greener World 1997".
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