I got a library card yesterday! Now I can check out books and use computers at the local public lib! Hooray! I requested The Life of Pi right away. I have been waiting to read that book for far too long. Any good book suggestions, let me know.
Oh yes, also, my new car, Nugget, has a tape player. Alex has lent me a couple of tapes and I have a tape adaptor for my iPod, but it might be fun to have some mix tapes from people if they have time and are so inclined. So, if you can still find a cassette tape in today's modern day and age, and also the sound recording equipment to record onto it, I would definitely listen to it in my car as I go crusing to and fro, merrily.
After a trip to the library this morning, I drove out to Hanau, about 30 minutes from Manakau, today, to visit the Hanau Ranges. This is one of many parks in the Auckland area. I saw Hanau Falls, and went for a tramp in the bush. It felt like being in a rainforest, lots of tropical seeming plants and a lot of running water as I hiked over a stream and out to a resevoir and dam. It was very beautiful and I was excited to have found it all on my own. My car did well, too - Nugget doesn't really like going up hills too well. He only has a 1 L engine, so I can't really blame him, and the drive to the park was very windy with a lot of uphills.
Here is a picture of Hanua Falls. If you look closely you can see a person who has just jumped from a spot about halfway up the falls. Crazy!
Me and Miniwati with the falls.
Example of the bush I was walking through. 
A ginormous fern!
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