Arrived in Christchurch very grumpy and tired. The in-flight entertainment on board the Air New Zealand flight was so good Joe and Robert wouldn't go to sleep. Consequently they fell asleep in the departure lounge of Auckland airport. I'm surprised Joe's snoring wasn't heard back in Witley!!
We got settled into a very nice motel (Southern Comfort - highly recommended), hired a car and started house-hunting in earnest. Unfortunately in the area of the school we wanted Joe to go to, the houses (bungalows) were the pits. The kitchens and bathrooms were so dated (1950s at least). Joe looked at one ancient white electric cooker and said "I can't do anything on that!". Obviously if I wanted him to share the cooking we needed to be looking upmarket!
As we kept widening our search, we landed up in Rollerston to the south of Christchurch, billed as "the Town of the future". Its a whole new-build town so our bungalow is a nice 2-year old 4-bed place. Ten minutes walk to Rollerston Primary for Nick and Rob come February. Joe will have to take the school bus from the end of the road - about 20 minutes ride to Lincoln High School. Both schools are rated 9/10, so the boys should be ok there. We have a visit arranged at the Primary School on Thursday to meet the Principal. The High School won't enrol Joe until Tony or I land a job (permits - blah blah), so the pressure is still on. Check out Google to check out the area/schools etc. What do you think?
We got settled into a very nice motel (Southern Comfort - highly recommended), hired a car and started house-hunting in earnest. Unfortunately in the area of the school we wanted Joe to go to, the houses (bungalows) were the pits. The kitchens and bathrooms were so dated (1950s at least). Joe looked at one ancient white electric cooker and said "I can't do anything on that!". Obviously if I wanted him to share the cooking we needed to be looking upmarket!
As we kept widening our search, we landed up in Rollerston to the south of Christchurch, billed as "the Town of the future". Its a whole new-build town so our bungalow is a nice 2-year old 4-bed place. Ten minutes walk to Rollerston Primary for Nick and Rob come February. Joe will have to take the school bus from the end of the road - about 20 minutes ride to Lincoln High School. Both schools are rated 9/10, so the boys should be ok there. We have a visit arranged at the Primary School on Thursday to meet the Principal. The High School won't enrol Joe until Tony or I land a job (permits - blah blah), so the pressure is still on. Check out Google to check out the area/schools etc. What do you think?
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