It's my last day at the Southland Museum & Art Gallery, (more evocatively sub-titled Niho o te Taniwha) and I've enjoyed my stint here as relief Education Officer. There are a lot of quirky and interesting things to see here and some that have to be heard, for example, there was an announcement over the public address system just now that said,
"Would all of those people on the heritage expedition to Antarctica please board your bus now."
At first I thought it was some gimmick for an exhibition experience here at the museum but no, those brave souls preparing to sail down the the frozen wastes were here looking at the Roaring Forties exhibition, perhaps getting a feel for where they're heading, before taking a bus to the harbour.
Hope they weren't put off.
