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Bay of Islands
... like me can be in the water) as I approached one 2 more appeared underneath me and its only when you're in the water you realise how big and powerful these wild animals are, up to 4 metres long and unbelievably quick in the water. They were around me for about 30 seconds and then they were bored and off and there was no way to keep up with them.
The day had been a complete success after initially looking like ...
Out on the Bay
... and winter fashions now so any summer things we can find are generally on sale.
An early start again tomorrow so I must sign off for now. Thank you again to all of you for sending your comments. They are very appreciated. The app that will allow me to upload pictures from my ipad has still not been published so I will be looking for an internet cafe that will allow me to attach some pictures to the blog. Stay ...
Here Comes The Sun!
... long! and we stopped off at the sand dunes which are some of the biggest sand dunes in New Zealand to do some dune surfing! Great fun but climbing up the sand dune was the hardest thing i had done in a long time which is why i only did it once! We then drove along the beach with a few stops on the way for photos and a paddle in the sea!
We then drove up to the Ancient Kauri Kingdom to have a look round the shop which was full of furniture made from Kauri trees!
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Baby
... time, I made it to Takapuna beach holiday park, which I had been recommmended on TripAdvisor. I needed somewhere with good access to Auckland to go Christmas shopping! However, driving through Takapuna I noticed load of shoppings (and bars and restaurants), and on parking up, managed to do my Christmas shopping there. Sorted! I decided to eat out that night, to celebrate the new addition to the family, and good old TripAdvisor sorted me out ...
Red, red wine
... one was lovely, and so I had to buy a bottle. After our wine tasting, we were show to the restaurant, took our table outside and was served a massive platter of food by Billy's girlfriend. Li, Hannah and I had trouble eating it all, but we just about managed it! After we had stuffed ourselves with as much bread, cold meats, olives, cheese, and smoked fish as we could, Billy drive us back to Russell and said goodbye. Li and Hannah asked me to ...
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