Welcome to Westport

And so I have finally found a small space of time to get on the computer (now we have broadband or internet at all at home) and do a post about where we are at now.

Well we have finally made it to Westport and I can say that we have almost unpacked all the boxes. There are just 4 or 5 left and they are not important.

We are slowly coming to grips with being in this new place it has taken a wee while and it has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. There was a brief moment in time... actually a few of them when I considered just packing everything back up and disappearing somewhere where nobody could find me but that has passed and I have to say that I am really enjoying Westport and our role here. We are still obviously finding our feet and trying to work out which demands for our presence and our time we are going to accept.

Our first and most pressing job upon arrival has been to hire a new Family Store Manager/Supervisor. We had a lady start on Monday last week and that has made a big difference to where our time is spent.

We have also been doing the tourist things. We have visited Cape Foulwind where there is a lighthouse and a little further on is a seal colony. We also went about 3/4 hour north along the coast to a place called Granity. It is amazing how much the beaches can change with just a relatively short car journey. The beaches around Westport are all sandy and at Granity there are rocks, rocks and more rocks. We have also made the journey along the coast south to Greymouth to do some real shopping (warehouse etc) and to pick up our new lease car.

We took all day and stopped at punakaiki (pancake rocks) It was a beautiful hot sunny day and the coast road is just beautiful. We did not get home until 7pm and were exhausted but it was lovely.

I get to go to Nelson next weekend for a regional rally and Officer's Councils. That should be interesting... Another chance for a Warehouse shop too.

Well once I am able to get photos onto the laptop (which the kids are hogging today) I will try to get some photos of all sorts of things around here onto this blog.

TTFN - God Bless