Although we have a lot of wonderful memories of our autumn down under, there were a few things we noted that we really wanted to remember. In roughly chronological order, here they are.

Down Under things to remember

Kia Ora!

Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud.

Weka, morepork (owl), fantail, swamp hen.

Deer farms.

Coffee & biscuits.

Kitchens (with hot water!) at all hostels & motor camps.

Bus service with door-to-door pickup & dropoff, and commentary and photo/walk stops along the way, plus mail deliveries and thrown-out newspaper bundles.

Reasonably priced items (steak, burgers, 'za, corn, beer) that turn really cheap when multiplied by .6 or .5777.

"Falling back" instead of "springing forward" during the Daylight Savings time change in March!

Autumn colors in March.

Sheep.

One-way bridges.

Drive-in bottle shops (Oz).

Frizzy Melanesian hair (Fiji).

Long straight Polynesian hair (French Polynesia).

"Bula" (Fiji).

"Good on ya" (Oz).