Wellington a week on
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sun 14 Dec 2008 18:55
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Hi Folks,
After our second week end here in Wellington we
have achieved much on the settling into the new country mode, Doctor soughed
out,Dentist appointed and Iv been for an inspection ! However the banks remain a
pain in the arse as we have just managed one transfer,our embryonic broadband is
now connected,however the skype bit doesn't work yet ! still on that one
....
We have spent many hrs trawling through the
property pages, not a lot that catches Lyn's eye though, the system here works
like this, option 1 is to buy sealed tender,pot luck housing .. option 2
quite a good method, if you put a bid in for a house it needs to be on a formal
contract, once accepted it is binding unless you word your get out clauses
carefully in the contract , option three is the auction, this seems to be quite
widespread, the housing crunch here is as bad as the UK so it seems the
preferred method of the banks is to auction off ASAP to recover the debt, I dont
think theres much of a prolonged easy payment system here it no pay no roof
over head ..
This week we will be doing a bit of crimbo prep,
the pressy run, and local cards ect, last min pressys to buy ! it doesn't seem
that this time last year we were still at sea ploughing our way through squalls
towards Martinique , I can still smell the veg locker .. and remember the nights
of rain lashing my backside as the 30 knt blows came rushing up behind us Zephyr
accelerating, and the wild stabbing at the auto pilot control to adjust for wind
shift.
However the weekly weather synopsis is
indicating that the first of the seasons Cyclones are about to begin, the only
one of our party still out there is Ike,Dan and Becky on Rhythm,nobody has heard
from them since the vessels arrived from mid November onwards the ANZAC net has
finished, one of the last boats to arrive the other day was Free Spirit with
Paul and Anna onboard, they had last seen Ike in Tonga ! its a bit worrying but
everyone is keeping an eye out at the customs dock for them .
Once I have mastered the photo transfer I will post
pics form the last few weeks !
Two in a windy Welly
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