Merry Christmas

Decorating the Tree

Napier Santa Parade

Havelock North: New Zealand's Most Beautiful Suburb 2017

Summer Has Arrived

Halloween

 Nana's Birthday party.

 Trick or Treat

School holiday trip up the coast

Wairoa Beach

Wairoa Beach

Wairoa Beach

Bush Walk at Morere Hot Springs

Opoutama Beach

Opoutama Beach

Mahia Beach

Mahia

Weekend Away

 Having finally let me take her trainer wheels off her bike last month, there's now no stopping Amy. Here we are on a 12km round trip from Mangakino to have a look at this suspension bridge. Part of the Waikato River trail.

 Striking dramatic poses along a walking track from Kinloch and by Lake Taupo

Another glorious winter day in Hawke's Bay

On top of Te Mata Peak a couple of days ago

Haumoana Beach today

Cape Kidnappers in the background

Monkey Bars!

'News'

New House

New Campervan

Te Mata Park

Looking towards Napier

Tuki Tuki River and Pacific Ocean

 All these photos were taken from within half an hour's bike ride and or walk from home.

Looking South from Te Mata Peak

New School

Another new school and the third school uniform within the year. Red, green and blue, we have the set. First day today after school holidays

Te Mata Peak

Taken from the high point of today's bike ride from home. Only out for an hour, and 18 degrees to boot. Not bad for a mid-winter day.

Snow

Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro behind Lake Taupo.

None here, but enough to close the Napier Taupo Road last Thursday. Luckily it was open again by Saturday to enable us to travel over it to get to Tauaranga for the weekend.

July 2017

New home, new parks to discover.

With Malcolm (over for the Lions Tour) in Auckland.

End of an Era...

... and the start of the next adventure as we prepare to move to Hawke's Bay in the North Island.

First visit from the Tooth Fairy

School Holiday Activities

At the beach

First snow on the mountains

In the Antarctic .......  Centre

Flying Foxes

Orana  Wildlife Park, feeding a Giraffe

Mayday

Conkers