Hey everyone,

Hope you all have a really awesome easter and eat lots of chocolate. Have fun wherever you are and whatever you’re doing and remember Cushie loves you xxx


This is my lovely house in Nelson. Mum has moved here from Wellington (New Zealand) to do a degree in costume design. Dad is still in Hong Kong and Angie is doing uni in Wellington and flatting with some friends.





This is the other hose next door which we are pulling down and then building another one that mum can use as a studio and gallery and maybe a bed and breakfast which she has always wanted to do. Dad wants to build it to look like a “just landed spaceship” and I think he needs to stop drinking so much wine! But the drawings he has done look really cool. A bit different anyway ;)




And this is the lovely view from our house over Tasmin Bay. It’s so beautiful! But I don’t have curtains and the sun pours in at some ungodly hour of the morning and the neighbors might be getting more of a view than they paid for!!!!



Angie, Dad and I went for a wee walk to the centre of New Zealand yesterday. It was pretty steep but the views from the top over Nelson were awesome.

Today was dad’s 50th birthday! We had breakfast with our friend Moet which was awesome!! We then circumnavigated the harbour in basically no wind and dad got the rather adventurous idea of sailing to a little island and tying the yacht to the jetty’s wooden ladder. After many attempts, and hitting the rocks, we were able to drag the boat close enough to tie it to the posts. I now know why my father has got as far as he has as he takes no from no one!


Have been to a few job interviews but nothing so far. A little hard as im only here such a short time. I think waitressing or bar work is about all I will get.

Really loving it here though. It’s so quiet and relaxing. Thought I might shrivel up and die in this small little town (Angie calls it the retirement home heehee) but it’s fine.
Missing everyone heaps and cant wait to see you all when I get to where you are. My vague outline of an itinerary is:

Definitely – Fly to Melbourne on the 4th of June for my graduation on the 7th

Don’t have a date for the rest but I will be flying to Hong Kong to stay with Dad about the 10th of June for a week.
I then go to England (or to Doha hopefully depending on getting a job!)
November 6th Phuket for Ravens wedding!! Yay I get to be a beachy bridesmaid!

Keep in touch so I can catch up with all of you when I’m traveling. Those of you not in those countries I will see you on the way back maybe! Keep in touch!
Lots of love Cushla