We had an awesome Halloween this year, pumpkin carving on Friday afternoon, followed by Trick or Treating at Nana & Grandads and an awesome Halloween Party at Abby’s house on Saturday afternoon. Luckily Ethan’s costume was a no brainer. He hates dressing up but if …
Our drive back home from Whatawhiwhi took us 13hrs, but we had a great day. Ethan was so tired he fell asleep in the car – which he never does! First stop, the awesome Coopers Beach. We had only been driving 35 minutes but we …
Typical, but we discovered the BEST, most deserted beach on our last day. Karikari Beach North is accessed by a dodgy gravel DOC road and I had never even noticed the sign for it before. It was stunning. We had another fantastic day with cold …
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 …
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 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 …