WLG Chocolate festival

[JessicaTam]

So Wellington NZ has a chocolate festival on Saturday 3 July. How could I resist?

Who would like to join me?

P.S. The QF NZ sale ends today.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

So Wellington NZ has a chocolate festival on Saturday 3 July. How could I resist?

Who would like to join me?

P.S. The QF NZ sale ends today.

Unfortunately I miss this one too. I am due to fly to MEL & SYD that weekend.

 

[rainbowgirl]

A chocolate festival sounds wonderful but im stuck in lockdown in Melbourne.

 

[drron]

No matter just wait another month until August and pop across the Strait to Latrobe on the 8th of August.The 2021 Anvers Winter Chocolate Festival.

Chocolate Winterfest | LATROBE'S WICKEDLY DELICIOUS FESTIVAL

Come indulge in the ultimate Chocolate Experience at Chocolate Winterfest | Held in Latrobe, Tasmania | Indulge, inform, astound, amuse & celebrate Chocolate.

chocolatewinterfest.com.au

 

[Matt_01]

No matter just wait another month until August and pop across the Strait to Latrobe on the 8th of August.The 2021 Anvers Winter Chocolate Festival.

Chocolate Winterfest | LATROBE'S WICKEDLY DELICIOUS FESTIVAL

Come indulge in the ultimate Chocolate Experience at Chocolate Winterfest | Held in Latrobe, Tasmania | Indulge, inform, astound, amuse & celebrate Chocolate.

chocolatewinterfest.com.au

I think if there is chocolate festival that requires a flight to attend @JessicaTam will have it high on the priority list.

 

[JessicaTam]

I think if there is chocolate festival that requires a flight to attend @JessicaTam will have it high on the priority list.

The word 'chocolate' is enough for me. The flight is a bonus!

 

[Anna]

A highlight of the festival will be the horizontal single-origin chocolate tasting session. Anyone who has never done one of these has not lived (but watch out, you will never be able to enjoy Cadbury's again ). There are also sessions for chocolate-beer pairing and chocolate-whisky pairing.

Blurb from the organisers-

The festival will give people the opportunity to experience the many tastes and textures of craft chocolate, easily comparable to the experience of tasting craft beer or fine wine. Through the different producers, you'll be invited to try some of the many flavours of bean varieties and learn more about the techniques and origins that influence the final product.

Along with an abundance of blocks and bites, Wellington’s tastiest laneway will also offer everything from chocolate beer to chocolate pizza and specially created desserts from surrounding local businesses. The festival also includes the opportunity to learn about the process of bean to bar.

New Zealand’s first craft chocolate festival Chocstock is here, thanks to Wellington Chocolate Factory (WCF) and The Chocolate Bar.

The inaugural Chocstock festival will showcase some of the best in the chocolate business that put Wellington and NZ on the map.

www.wellingtonnz.com

Chocstock

Buy Tickets on Humanitix - Chocstock. Wellington Chocolate Factory , 5 Eva Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand. Dates from Saturday 3rd July 2021. Find event information.

events.humanitix.com

 

[JessicaTam]

The ABC have just reported that NZ is pausing the travel bubble with all states until 2200hrs Tuesday NZST.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

Unfortunately I miss this one too. I am due to fly to MEL & SYD that weekend.

Seems I will be around after all. Cannot go to Australia (or come back).

 

[Anna]

The 'will they won't they' is doing my head in more than the disappointment would if I knew I definitely wasn't going.

NZ Herald is reporting today "The Prime Minister this morning indicated the transtasman bubble will resume shortly with the exception of New South Wales which would remain paused". (I have no idea whether the NZ Herald is a reliable source or not!)

Aussie Covid crisis: 18 new cases in NSW, including 2 students

Cabinet to review bubble pause today, tourism sector calls for vaccination to speed up.

www.nzherald.co.nz

 

[blackcat20]

The 'will they won't they' is doing my head in more than the disappointment would if I knew I definitely wasn't going.

NZ Herald is reporting today "The Prime Minister this morning indicated the transtasman bubble will resume shortly with the exception of New South Wales which would remain paused". (I have no idea whether the NZ Herald is a reliable source or not!)

Aussie Covid crisis: 18 new cases in NSW, including 2 students

Cabinet to review bubble pause today, tourism sector calls for vaccination to speed up.

www.nzherald.co.nz

We’re booked for Friday and I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed.

 

[Mattg]

The 'will they won't they' is doing my head in more than the disappointment would if I knew I definitely wasn't going.

NZ Herald is reporting today "The Prime Minister this morning indicated the transtasman bubble will resume shortly with the exception of New South Wales which would remain paused". (I have no idea whether the NZ Herald is a reliable source or not!)

Aussie Covid crisis: 18 new cases in NSW, including 2 students

Cabinet to review bubble pause today, tourism sector calls for vaccination to speed up.

www.nzherald.co.nz

NZ Herald is reasonably reliable.

Sounds like the bubble will reopen this week (except with NSW) and that pre-departure testing, paid for by the traveller, will be required.

 

[Anna]

We’re booked for Friday and I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed.

Are you coming for the chocolate festival?

 

[blackcat20]

Are you coming for the chocolate festival?

No, off to CHC to see family and friends.

 

[Anna]

Any announcement re reinstating the bubble delayed till tomorrow at the earliest

 

[blackcat20]

Any announcement re reinstating the bubble delayed till tomorrow at the earliest

Still keeping fingers crossed for Friday, it would give us enough time to get a covid test if required.

 

[clifford]

pre-departure testing, paid for by the traveller, will be required.

That will be a huge dampener, I think.

 

[JessicaTam]

From the NZ travel bubble thread:

From 11.59pm on Sunday night, quarantine-free travel will resume with South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.

This decision was made “in principle” based on the current Covid-19 situations in those particular states. The travel pause will continue with New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia due to their respective Covid-19 clusters.

Those coming into New Zealand from Australia will now have to get a pre-departure test within 72 hours before their flight, Hipkins confirmed. Partially lifting the pause is an appropriate course of action, particularly when bolstered with a pre-departure test requirement, said Hipkins.

And the ABC: Australia-New Zealand travel bubble set to resume with some states

I will now be a non-starter. *sigh*

 

[Anna]

I will also be a non-starter, seeing that the chocolate festival is on Saturday

It appears to be snowing in WLG though which would be too cold for me

 

[Anna]

Still very sad about missing this, especially for 0 cases in WLG and 0 general community transmission cases in ADL + I'm double vaxxed. I should be gorging on artisan single origin chocolate right now

But to my surprise I did get a refund on my Chocstock ticket, although I lost $1.30 on the forex rate. So financially the bubble bursting has turned out ok. Emotionally, not so much