Wednesday was ANZAC (Australia/New Zealand Army Corps) Day, so I had the day off from work. They have a dawn service (it's like memorial day here) at 6am, but I wasn't about to get up at 5:30 on my day off! Did get up at around 9:00 though and spent the day walking up to Wright's Hill with Matt. It took an hour and 40 minutes to walk all the way there and up the hill, but it was worth it. There is a WWII fortification on the top of the hill which is only open 4 days out of the year! There were tons of people up there, and for $5 you can go into all of the underground tunnels and see all the old ammo storage, plotting and gun rooms. It was pretty cool! Plus the views from the hill were really great. The guns, which ironically were sold as scrap metal to the Japanese after the war, could reportedly hit the South Island! Nothing big planned for this weekend yet, besides seeing my favorite NZ band, the Phoenix Foundation, play Saturday night :)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
ANZAC Day
Wednesday was ANZAC (Australia/New Zealand Army Corps) Day, so I had the day off from work. They have a dawn service (it's like memorial day here) at 6am, but I wasn't about to get up at 5:30 on my day off! Did get up at around 9:00 though and spent the day walking up to Wright's Hill with Matt. It took an hour and 40 minutes to walk all the way there and up the hill, but it was worth it. There is a WWII fortification on the top of the hill which is only open 4 days out of the year! There were tons of people up there, and for $5 you can go into all of the underground tunnels and see all the old ammo storage, plotting and gun rooms. It was pretty cool! Plus the views from the hill were really great. The guns, which ironically were sold as scrap metal to the Japanese after the war, could reportedly hit the South Island! Nothing big planned for this weekend yet, besides seeing my favorite NZ band, the Phoenix Foundation, play Saturday night :)
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