So last morning in Dunedin.. Went to down to the Harbour (middle of industrial estate but the having lived in port cities most of my life I felt the need to see it) - just some old guys fishing! Then wandered off to get a coffee followed by some picnic bits for my journeys ahead, also managed to book my transalpine and transcoastal tickets today (special summer deals meaning I saved $250!) and visited the Otago settlers museum - where the conservator in me spott...

So the conference is finally over, the joys of being the last speaker on the last day! (suitably bored the pants of everyone talking about EH and silk deterioration but pleased that the Jonathan AS style of presentations - lots of pretty pictures they don't care what you say - worked a charm like usual) am now about to wander off and be a tourist, including taking my own photo of the railway station! shall also pop inside and see if i can get the rest of my trav...

So today was cellulose fibres (including the sermon on bamboo which at the end concluded with but these are all manufacturers claims and require research to prove...) odd but interesting went for my tourist photo opportunity this afternoon at the worldest steepest st naturally i'm too lazy to bother to climb it so you'll all be proud to know i walked to the bottom (which is flat) took some photos looking upwards and walked back to the afternoon lecture then qui...

So some of you may already have seen that after 30 hours, 3 flights and 5 meals i'm now in NZ! Spent yesterday wandering around and visiting galleries (beautiful cibachromes warping horribly after being screwed to the wall - the sad life of a conservation scientist) and museums (like museums used to be all dusty old cases and examples of types and just perfect because of it) then getting an early night (sleeping for 10 hours thats almost a record for me!). Altho...