Wildlife and south

The Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre is the Department of Conservation's effort at preserving a viable popuation of Kiwis (The furry bird) and other endangered wildlife, so we thought it was worth a pop on the way down. We arrived about 1PM,and the nice lady behind the till said that their white Kiwi - the only one inthe world - was about to go to sleep so would we like to run in and see it and yes, we could pay later. So we did. How often would that happen in the UK?!

We were introduced to native eels, Kakas,and a lot of other stuff- all being readied for release into what little remains of the native bush on North Island. Kakas - large, odd looking parrots - are especially delightful birds

And the n on to Masterton. We've spent the early evening reading in the sunshine, eaten a salad. The Motel rooms are adequate - decent double bed, sturdy chair, good bathroom and cooking facilities, only this one doesn't have any cooking.

We stopped off in a tiny little two-bit town on the way  - with a goreous example of Kiwi thouhtfulness at one end of the main street - a large red sign

WRONG WAY

it proclaimed.

And it was right.The shenanigens needed to get back onto the state highway were protracted.

State Highways are lovely two lane roads. One lane in each direction. They are lovely because you need about one car per 10 minutes. In the rush hour...

I'd pt a picture up, but the computer isn't recognising the SD card.....