Ashley Park
Travel Blogs from Waitotara
The Dairy Factory by a Mountain
... because it meant going through a massive gorge, a tunnel and a pub in a place called Whangamomona. The residents there were fed up with the town changing counties constantly, so the pub decided to become a republic a few years ago. This meant we could get our passports stamped and eat a lot of food. We didn't do either. We were too embarrassed to get our passports out and the food was pretty expensive... a toasted sandwich each ...
Blue Duck Lodge
... some reason I Thought it owuld be lighter colored, but it was similar to beef.
Headed back around the fire and had some more beers, there was a big group of us rexaling around the fire - telling stupid joke and then Spoon played some guitar even though he rarely could remember more that like 20 seconds of a song.
All in all a good night...just sitting out under the shelter with the fire going and the rain hitting the roof.
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A lovely day
The ball this Saturday was great, I had a blast eating as many cupcakes and lollies I could possibly fit in my belly (I pretty much felt pregnant by the end of that night), and I danced a bit of waltz and we danced this other funny classic dance (not Lanciers, they don't know what that is), and then of course the normal, inevitable, young-people, put-your-arms-in-the-air kind of dancing. I had fun most of the night and watching all ...
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary!! So today was our 6 year anniversary which we celebrated with a beautiful shower followed by a full English breakfast with all but bacon, but it was incredible anyway.
We drove into Harewa to ask at the i-site about what work might be available before going into countdown to purchase some chips, corn on the cob and some massive steaks ($10). We drove back to the campsite, and went ...
Laaazzzyy
We checked our emails in the morning and had a chat with mummy Condron, when we found out Lucy (grandad Bills pet bird) had died R.I.P little birdie. We then drove down to Ohawe where we had a quick look at the beach and spotted a nice campsite. We then drove on to Harewa where we had a look at some of the shops and ended up buying a subway. Then we went into the i-site to ask about accommodation where we were told the nice one we saw earlier was only $15 per ...