Devonport

Our options today were (a) clean the bathrooms in our respective homes or (b) go to Devonport. Being the Domestic Diva's we are it was a painful decision - the smell of bleach vs the sea air? In the end we decided we owed it to you all to go afterall there are not that many mood shots you can get of a toilet bowl. Just remember though, if anyone in our homes develops any kind of foot fungus or slime it's all down to you and your wanting ways!
To save all the motorway & parking hassles we caught the train into the city. The Britomart transport centre is right at the bottom of Queen Street & you just have to walk straight across the road to the ferry terminal. The only obstacles in our path were all the Poppy Sellers - Tuesday is ANZAC day & the volunteers are out in droves. Cute though that these days kids are so eager to buy their poppy & wear it with pride. Quite a change from the 70's when it was all a little out of fashion and more an occasion for protest than anything else. Different times.
We couldn't have picked a better day - just when I think autumn is finally here we get another day out of the bag. Just sun & more sun and hardly a breath of wind. It takes about 15 minutes to get across the harbour and what with school holidays the ferry was crowded so this was the best view I could get of the ferry buildings although there are better ones on the other camera.
We wandered up one side of the village & back down the other in search of a sandwhich or roll but it's all cafe's, a single lettuce leaf on a 16inch white plate that they call a salad, flat whites & white wine. Not for these Southside girls - we want real food! You don't make cellulite by just thinking about it ya know! And wine at midday? Yeah right, we'd still be asleep under some tree by the beach waiting for someone to come collect us! We know our limits.
Instead after discovering the joys of the patchwork shop, the wool shop, ferreting contentedly through the secondhand bookstores and lusting after all the DIVINE shoes we took our peasant food (ok, Subway) to the waterfront and communed with the seagulls. A really popular little park & just the best fun people watching & harbour gazing.
Home again on the ferry & train and now shoes kicked off & wine poured ... bliss. The things I'm prepared to do for all of you!
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