The Geeky Brit

Hi there. The Lovely Wife here with my first blog post. I’ve heard a lot about this blog and decided to finally contribute something to it given that my name may have come up a few times in passing.

As you may have read previously, my hubby and I have just completed a whirlwind 3-week trip to Eastern Australia and the South island of New Zealand. After lots of discussion, analysis and jokes about the quality of our various tours we took I volunteered to sum up our impressions of the fearless, and sometimes surreal, personas that have braved the waters of the tour guide world. It can be a harsh world out there and everyone is a critic so hold on to your hats cause we aren’t short on opinions around here!

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This was another one of those places that only described by pictures. It was a bitter sweet experience as it was to be our last excurson, but all in all it was a fine way to end our sight seeing of New Zealand.

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After the glowworm caves we decided to eat at the famous Redcliffe café. In the small town of Te Anau, this is the best place to eat. The LOTR cast thought so too, and their autographs, cards and thank yous are on display to prove it. We had a lovely meal, which was only spoilt by the sloppy service.

The food really was marvelous, a fantastic menu, and an obviously talented chef. However, the service received was pretty terrible. 3 times I had to go looking for someone to fill our drinks (They never once took the initiative and asked us), and once we had completed our main courses, my lovely wife and I looked at the (admittedly few) morsels remaining on our plate for 25 minutes, before I decided to go and find a member of staff to clear up. At this point, however tempting the sweet menu was, we need to to get to bed as we had an early start in the morning, and couldn’t afford any more time wasted.

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Te Anau is a small town that has a local population of 3500. Like any other place in New Zealand its main industry is tourism. It is the closest town to Milford Sounds, that famous fiord, and therefore puts up a lot of tourists as they either pass through as part of a coach tour, or stay overnight on their way.
We opted to stay here for 2 nights. I love these sort places, and love to try and get to know a little about the town. This usually involves buying a local paper and reading it cover to cover. So once we had arrived in Te Anau, and walked along the lakefront, we grabbed a bite to eat whilst I read the newspaper.

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