We hit another of our favourite spots during our holiday – beautiful Rangiputa with its amazing white sand and crystal clear water. Tara was stoked on the shell selection, I think she could look at shells for hours – or maybe she just needed that …
So I finished summer school today on the hottest day ever, wait for it……34.2 degrees Celsius…….wait for the conversion…..93.56F and 77% humidity. That’s Florida weather! Lucky for me (I guess) my exam room was air conditioned and I wrote up a storm. Four essays in …
The one slightly dodgy day on our holiday was the perfect day to head west to The Big Beach. Ethan was all about the tua tua’s and was positive he would love them – he didn’t. Luckily we ‘tagged and released’ most of them and …
After much delay due to the prolonged renovations, today was the day. Ethan was so excited and positive. He helped pack his lunch and make muffins and pretty much couldn’t wait for Dave and I to leave him there!
After the Cape, Jack Family Tours moved on to the Giant sand Dunes and introduced Tara to the joys of getting sand-blasted whilst sliding down a massive hill on your belly. SO MUCH FUN! Ethan was all about it this year and even climbed to …
Dave did a great job feeding us while we were away. He got up at 6.30am and headed out every morning and some afternoons. The result kept us eating snapper for dinner every night and snapper for lunch every day except one. Cold snapper wraps …
After Paihia we headed up north to the goodness. The big peninsula where the sun always shines (it seems) and the fish always bite (touch wood). Day 1: The south side of Matai Bay, yeah there were boats, but there were NO people, we …