ADRIAN DEBBIE & TROY IN NZ: February in Timaru...

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

February in Timaru...

Well we moved down to Timaru and it is a really nice place... small - but not too small.. our house we are renting is cosy.. rooms are a nice size - the kitchen is small - we have had to put the microwave on top of the fridge.

The garden is big - and we are getting a garden service in - they charge $nz35 fortnightly... which isn't so bad.. you can see in the photo's how much lawn there is..

Rubish days are on Thursdays... we have 3 bins - green for gar

den refuse, food waste and anything that can be broken down, the red one is for none recyclable things, and the yellow one for paper, plastic, bottles etc.... quite a change.. you have to really be dilagent in how you do your rubbish.

Diesel is about $nz1.25 per litre and petrol is $nz1.72. The Delica takes diesel.

Troy is having alot of fun - going to parks, swimming at Caroline Bay, going to the beach.. I am looking to take him to a kindergarden - just for about 6 hrs a week.. he needs to socialise and I need a break too.

We got some wood delivered the other day - after asking around about the types of wood to burn and about how much we would need - we have been told that we would(wood) use about 8 cubic meters of wood for winter... now that is a normal kiwi - I think we would use a bit more than that. Anyway - so I phone and order 5cubes... and the guy delivers it - It is a Sh*t load of wood.. As you can see the pics... and the guys says they don't help to load it under the house - Adrian was at work and I at home with Troy... Well - It was all sorted - I packed what I could and then when Adrian came home we did the rest.. So it's all under the house now - and as you see - we have a lot of space under the house too.

What I realised is - most households have fireplaces.. and if each burns 8 cubes -- that is 1) a whole lotta wood - and 2) that is why the ozone is so buggered here!!! - I have been told that by 2010 or so - there are not allowed to be fires anymore - I think that should happen sooner.. I bet this place gets really smokey in winter - will let you know.

Will take some more pics and update the bog again.
Miss everyone very much.. Chat again soon.

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