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Saturday's Cadbury tour didn't disappoint, we got lots of free choccies and then went mad in the special Cadbury's shop. Even got to keep the sexy shower cap like head covering. Earlier in the morning, we did a tour of the Speight's brewery in Dunedin, getting to taste some good sized samples but as it was only midday we decided to leave larger scale testing for later. By happy coincidence it is Scifest here in Dunedin (aka the NZ International Festival of Science) so T & I went to a lecture on oceanography iven by Dr Sylvia Earle, who is Explorer-in Residence at National Geographic. Really interesting, inspirational & worth going to. Yesterday Liz and I wandered up he steepest stret in the world, not taking Jeremy to the top as he objects to being put under such pressure to perform. Also went to the Otago Settlers Museum (Dunedin means Edinburgh of the South and is desgned to the same street plan as Edinburgh), attended another lecture on submersibles and the topography of the Pacific region (almost as dull as it sounds) and took in 'Shark Gordon's most dangerous moments' in the evening, a film about beautiful sharks and the mad bloke who likes to handfeed them with fish heads. Today has been wildlifey too...Liz and I have been out to the peninsular to be chased by sealions and look at penguins. Unfortunately the albatross were hiding. So, with the exception of last nights being a little drunk and to bed at 5.30am, I have been busy educating myself over the last few days. I know lots about brewing proceses, how crunchies are made, the behaviour of sealions, how people ended up down here in the first place and how clever sharks are. Yehar!

posted by Katie @ 7/05/2004 07:55:00 am