Monday - Otago Museum

 
Monday arrived and we decided to go into town.  We had a browse around the University bookshop in search of a good history book about Dunedin.  The bookshop has a large cut price section upstairs and we ended up leaving the place with two books - one on building brick ovens in your backyard and one on mixing margaritas.  You can never tell what's going to come in handy.

Zappety Do Dah

Leaving the bookshop we went across the street to the Otago Museum.  They have a butterfly hothouse there, so we bought a ticket and wandered round looking at the butterflies and terrapins in the tropical heat and humidity - a big difference from outside.  The Butterfly House was situated at the back of the kids science section of the museum, so we got to play with the cool toys on the way through.

Thoroughly warmed up, we crossed the hall to see the exhibition of Peter Best's photographs called Hard On The Heels.  Peter Bush is a sports photographer who followed the All Blacks around for about 30 years and the exhibition was of some of his favourite photographs from his career.  The photos were mainly from the 70s and 90s, with few from the 80s and 00s.  It was well worth a look, there are some stunning pictures.

All museumed out, we headed to the Albar (surprise, surprise) for lunch and were introduced to Grace Jones by the proprietor.  Not the singer, but a seasonal brew put out by Emerson's Brewing Company.  It is a very smooth, rich and bitter dark ale, yes dark and bitter but a beauty.  I suggested that Stewart needed very thin, tall glasses to serve it in.

Interior of Albar, Stewart behind the bar

Emerson's Grace Jones

Albar promo board

After a few pleasant pints, we called it an afternoon and headed home to blog.  The weather forecast was promising dire lashings of rain and wind for the morrow, and for once, they were right!