Picking up my cleaned tent

April 4 2019

When I get down to the kitchen, some people from Brazil and France are already sitting there. I take my bag out of the fridge and prepare my breakfast. Yogurt, eggs, cereal and toast. I’ll wait for coffee.

I look for one last time how to cycle to the Biosecurity Authortity company and realize that it should go pretty painless.

The weather outside is autumn cool and bike–friendly. Just a few weeks ago, the temperature was never below 30 C.! First through the city center then a long stretch through a wonderful park, South and North Hagley park which also has a golf course, cricket field, a small lake, Victoria Lake and also a Botanical Garden that I cycle through.

In Christchurch, there are plenty of parks ranging from small to gigantic. The city is made for cycling and walking. If you are a dog owner, it must be pure paradise.
I arrive at an industrial park that also has a park around it and after a bit of searching I find 14 Sir William Pickering Drive. Park the bike outside and greet the female doorman…

 – Good Morning, is this Biosecurity Authority?
 – Yes, Step in, she says and pulls the card into a reader she has behind her back

I walk up to the information desk and explain my errand. The young woman behind the desk tells me to call a phone number using the telephone next to me.

A small sign shows three numbers, and she tells me to choose the one in the middle. A new female voice answers on the other end of the line, and I explain my errand again.

At first she thinks I’m calling from another place but I told her .

 – I’m already here, standing just in front of the information desk.
 – Just wait a few seconds, I’ll meet you up.

A few minutes later a woman comes out with a large transparent plastic bag with my tent Inuit and a large plastic case with the documents that I glance through and see that it looks like the one I got in my email box.

Before I left the room, the woman says heartily…

 – Hope you will now have a nice camping experience on the islands.

I picked my tent a walked out entrance quite satisfied. The female doormen gave me a big smal

 On the way into town I cycle partly differnet way because I´m going to Cycle Trading, a bicycle- and workshop I vistit yesterday and see if the carrier to the handelbar bag we found fits.

On my way to Cycle Trading I passed several green parks , some of them probably used for cricket, also small hotels anf hostel. New Zealand is a popular destination for backpackers, for sure.

After half a hour I cycled into Cycling Trading and bring my handelbar bag with me. The middle aged women behind the desk  takes out a plasticbag from a bok behind her on a shelf and we both after some testing thats it fits. It wasn´t cheap 50 NZD $ or 34 US $.

On the other side the old sparepart has my old travel bag part  has lasted for 22,000 kilometers—through everything from torrential rain to car crashes and other accidents so I hope this one lasts as long. I also bought new handelbar stripes.
Then back to my hostel, but before that I stopped for coffee break in middle of town, I´m was no in a hurry.

Back at Kiwi hostel I started to mount handelbar bag and new red stripes

Rest of the day I sitting most in the dining room  och watching Al Jazera news and listen to  and taking in the impression by everyone around me. Outside the weather is cloudy and weather forcast prognos for tomorrow was rain so my bike ride south down to the coast and Lyttelton will have to wait until the day after tomorrow.

P-G
// TheGlobal Cyclist 1726

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