First Stop, Feilding, New Zealand / myLot

New Zealand

October 23, 2015 12:24am CST

Well, I'm up here at my doggie destination and only managed to take three photos on the way up, plus a few here on arrival, so I'll share these with you over the next day or so. My first stop wasn't too far from home, in a small town called Feilding, a small rural town with a population of only 14,000. I go across to Feilding often, especially on Friday's for the Farmers Market, which always wins the award for the best Farmers Market in New Zealand. Today is Friday, but I didn't have time to stop at the market. You can see it in the distance in the photo. Fielding is a very rural town, surrounded by farms. It also has a wonderful café culture, with far more cafés than most small towns have. My friends and I often drive their to go shopping and have lunch or coffee. One of the bonuses is free parking, which we don't have much of in the city. I'll try and put my next post on in another couple of hours.

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Ann LeFlore

@poehere (15123)

• French Polynesia

23 Oct 15

I love your new series it is fantastic to see your country and learn about it. Looking forward to reading and seeing more. Keep the info and pictures coming. Love them a lot.

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

23 Oct 15

Thank you. As I'm up here on my own I'll have time to put a few more on over the next couple of days.

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Ann LeFlore

@poehere (15123)

• French Polynesia

23 Oct 15

@valmnz

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Anna

@LadyDuck (470823)

• Switzerland

23 Oct 15

What a neat and nice little place. It's a shame you had no time to visit their farmer market.

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

23 Oct 15

I go to it quite often Anna, so decided not to this time.

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@allknowing (135331)

• India

23 Oct 15

So neat and so well laid out Val. You are living in paradise.

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

23 Oct 15

I think so

Sheilamarie78

@Sheilamarie78 (2586)

• Canada

23 Oct 15

I love farmer's markets. The town looks very inviting. Do a lot of people ride their bikes to work in New Zealand?

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

23 Oct 15

This part of the country is very flats and yes a lot of people cycle for fitness amongst other reasons.

Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

25 Oct 15

That looks like a pretty little town! OH my parking charges here are astronomical!

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

25 Oct 15

They are down in Wellington, the capital city, too. In my city they're quite reasonable, with senior discounts. But free is definitely good.

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Val

@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

26 Oct 15

@garymarsh6 in the bigger cities here the cheapest you could do for 5 hours would be NZ$20, but you'd have to hunt around for that!

Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

25 Oct 15

@valmnz I parked at work a couple of months ago because I had a lot of equipment in my car I needed to use in the hospital and it cost me £11 for five hours.$24.95 New Zealand Dollars!

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