Waimate on

We did not leave the Olds's on Sunday but stayed another night because Jon was tied up at the yacht club. On Monday morning our host took us for a drive out to Pleasant Point where they have a crib. this is a delightful little spot beside the river. We drove on to Waimate after lunch and managed to find the flats that we lived in when we met. the town has not changed much in 40 years. After visiting the Waimate aerodrome (?) we spent the night at Waihao Box. This is an interesting construction at the mouth of the Waihao river intended to control the shingle. On the way back towards the main road we drove through Morven. This is a derelict town which may once have had a hundred or so residents. There are now five or six empty shops and vacant sections. The is also a mansion which is still occupied - some ineresting history here? We then went on to Oamaru where our married life started. We looked up the houses we lived in and then found the airstrip where the aircraft were kept. The same owner was still there so a couple of hours were spent catching up. That night we stopped at All Day Bay near Kakanui where we spent a quiet night in the company of another NZMCA member. We then checked out Moeraki Township. If you wanted to make a movie in a little fishing village this would be a good one. Waikouiati beach is an appealing sandy ocean beach with a sports ground across the road that looks as though one could stay there. Another side trip we made was to Karitane beach which has a small estuary. It was then on to have lunch in Pack and Save Dunedin's car park before heading out to Lewis and Beth's. We seem to lunch in supermarket car parks often. The pad at their place is too small for our bus so we spen the night in the car park of the ice skating pavillion at the end of the road. We are back now doing washing etc.