So... this Labour day weekend, instead of spending it in Wellington doing nothing, Lucy, Jacob and I thought, it would be nice to spend it somewhere else... and of course... knowing our nature, we had to take cameras (slr, digicam & mini dv) with us, with all the other gadgets that goes with it. Plus the alcohol...
Sunday, 26 October 2008
On Sunday morning, I woke up around about 5.30am to get ready to go, Lucy woke up not too long after. Jacob turned up at my door around 6.15am, luckily not banging on the door and wake everyone else up. So we all went off to the Bluebridge ferry terminal to catch the 8am sailings.
I must say it was very cold and windy, and Jacob got a weather report and said that it wasn't going to be a pleasant sailing. Uh oh! About 10 minutes after we got onto the ferry, we heard an announcement saying that the sailing was delayed for about 1 hour. Yikes!
Luckily about 45 minutes later we were cleared to sail, although we were warned that the sailing would be uncomfortable. And yeah... I've never been sea sick before, but this time I couldn't even walk straight and honestly the lingering diesel smell really made me feel a bit sick. So all three of us decided to go out to the deck... heck... it was rough out there! But a lot better than being inside though. We spent quite a bit of time outside, and I had a little snooze too... hahaha.. the boat was rocking me to sleep
We got quite a bit of the spray too, but oh well... being inside wasn't any better.
It was only when we couldn't feel our noses and our hands were really cold that we decided to go inside... and again, Lucy and I fell asleep during the movie. I woke up and another movie started, I was quite agitated by then because we've gone through 3 movies and we weren't in Picton yet... looked at the time and that was about 12pm. Ouch.
Finally at around about 1pm the ship was berthing in Picton! Woohoo! And the weather was beautiful (well.. it was really windy though - and a bit cold, but the sun was out!). We went straight to the backpackers to check in. It was a beautiful place and the people were so friendly! Our room was right at the very front. I have to say that I'm really glad that I picked that backpackers, because I really loved it there!
As soon as we got our room, we took our cameras out and went out to shoot some photos and footage. Hmm... I must say that it was almost like being in Wellington (due to the strong wind). Haha! We went to the beach, taking pictures of whatever we can find, from the park, sea gulls, boats, flower, even ducks! It was extremely windy!!!! At least the sun was out though!
We got back to the backpackers and we hang out there for a bit, drinking and striking conversations with other guests there, who were giving us a little odd looks when they saw me on Jacob's shoulder trying to get a steady shot of a little flower on the roof. Yeah at that point the tripod was in the room and we couldn't be bothered taking it out... until we couldn't hold the camera steady enough to take the shot. Lol! And not to mention chasing the baby praying mantis! It took both Jacob and I to get that shot! After chasing it up and down the bench, I got it onto a flower and moved it to the place where it got enough sun, and finally got a few macro shots out of the baby praying mantis! Yeah! It felt good! Let's hope it's in focus! Jacob also managed to get a shot of a bumble bee... I honestly wouldn't go anywhere near it!
We also got the comments whether we got new cameras or something since we were taking lots and lots of random pictures... haha... not new at all... try 20 and 40 year-old-camera. But that's what so fun about it too!
After dinner (fish and chips), at around about 8pm we took ourselves to the kitchen to have a taste at the backpacker's famous Apple Crumble! And it was extremely YUMMY!!!
Soon afterwards we grabbed our togs and jumped into the spa pool.... it felt soooo good... Lucy didn't get in though, instead, she recorded everything including the rubber ducky incident... now I wonder whether the duck issue is actually contagious?? First it was Jacob and the singing duck... (which have been on the road to Hawke's Bay with the boys and was in New Plymouth with Lauren for the labour weekend), then I think I've started developing some serious duck issues... hmm...
The night was beautiful, no rain, was cold but not extremely... so we decided to go for a night shoot by the harbour. At that time an Interislander ferry was about to sail out. We didn't stay for very long as our noses started to loose feeling again
So we went back to the backpackers and continued drinking before going to bed.
Monday, 27 October 2008
I woke up around 7am hearing people running around the hallway outside and upstairs from our room... but then again I couldn't be bothered getting out of my warm bed. So yeah, I didn't get out of bed until around 8.30ish, missing breakfast, oh well...
We got out of the backpackers at 10am and headed to the cafe by the beach to have breakfast... with seagulls and a duck... hahaha... sooooo cute!!!!
The weather was stunning! It was really hot! And I could actually walk around without any jacket on (though I put it on anyway coz the sun was really burning). Got myself a shot of the old hotel building I've been eyeing since yesterday... we had an old man came by while we were winding film on the side of the street, and made a comment about the fact that we had old Pentax & Canon film cameras with us... he had an old Olympus camera hanging on his neck... We then went by the harbour again to get more shots. I didn't even realize we were out for so long until I noticed how hot my face felt. Uh oh!
So we got back to the backpackers around about mid day and drink (again) before going to the Interislander ferry terminal.
Oh we were soooo sad having to leave Picton on a gorgeous day like Monday! Aaargh! I wished we could stay one more night or at least until the 6pm sailing... *sobs* But yeah, when I booked the tickets, the 6pm sailing was fully booked
The trip back was smooth, a lot smoother than the trip out... haha... of course... but it was very windy though! We spent quite a lot of time outside on the deck and just had to go in because it was too cold. However, the ship came to Wellington right on time. And it was still a beautiful day in Wellington, so Jacob and I decided to go for another shoot around Wellington, unfortunately didn't find anything inspiring to shoot... or could be that we were just too tired from the boat trip. Lol.
I really enjoyed the weekend... it was soooo relaxing... no pressure, not many cars, lots of drinks and just appreciating the nature... it was AWESOME!
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