We awoke in the dark quite bright and early and the sky lightened to beautiful hues of orange and turquoise. It was such a pretty sight that we soon had the cameras out to capture the colours.
We were setting off early to visit the Otago Farmers Market, held every Saturday morning at the Dunedin Railway Station. By golly, it was cold, the wind was freezing as it whistled around the stalls of the outdoor market. We hastily donned our wool jackets which in the back of the car. The market was buzzing and the early morning shoppers (including us) were after a bargain or two.
We love cheese so when offered a tasting we couldn't turn it down. Then we felt compelled to buy some – that delicious blue cheese will go nicely for our 4zees get-together. Baklava – yum, we can’t walk past that stall can we, how about we take some back for dessert? What we really came for was to stock up on some fresh veggies, and bought carrots, corn cobs, cauliflower and broccoli, some lovely fresh apples and a bag of potatoes. That should keep us going for a while. Then we saw this sign.
After only partaking of a cup of tea before we heading out, the plan was to get something for breakfast at the market. Whitebait is a real delicacy, so Dot and I line up for a whitebait fritter between two slices of bread. They were delicious, but I could have eaten two! Robin, Geoff and Pauline chose a bacon buttie from another stall, stuffed full of bacon and flavoured with mustard and relish, and were very pleased with their breakfast choice as well.
On the way back to camp we stopped at the Dunedin Chinese Garden, I was a wee bit early for opening time so just looked around the entrance. The garden was handcrafted by Chinese artisans using traditional techniques, and is an example of a late Ming, early Ching Dynasty Scholar’s Garden. The garden was officially opened in 2008.
Arriving back at camp, put the shopping away, a pot of water on to boil, and enjoyed fresh corn on the cob dripping with butter for lunch. What a life!
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