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 are delicious – who knew?
Dave’s first Trevally – better cold the next day.
The big guy on the right was 9 pounds and the small guy 7 – Dave’s biggest catch to date!
Tara caught her first snapper on the trip, Ethan also caught a legal one and reeled it in completely unaided, too small for Dave to keep though!
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 …
I had two BIG summer school assignments to complete and submit before we could leave on our trip and show Tara (our first visitor from the states) around the upper North Island. So in a mad flurry the night before we left, I got them …
We had such a great time in Ohakune for Dave’s birthday. The drive down was mellow, Ethan was such a good boy in the truck – 5 hours is a LONG time when you are 3 3/4! Our motel was so nice and right in …
Much like our first day, our final day in Tonga started in the dark, check in for our 45min flight from Ha’apai to Tongatapu was at 6.30am. All was going well until we got the causeway. As I mentioned earlier, it is barely above sea …
