Birthday Girl

This year we went back to Flipout for an hour's jumping around followed by three 15 minute games of Laser tag - shooting each other! Amy about to somersault into the foam block pit.

Back home for nibbles and cake

 

Cake number One - from the shop.

 Clockwise from Amy - Nuelle, Casey, Melissa (Mia's mum) Paige (Mias's sister), Mia, Gracie and Olive.

 

Cake Number Two on her birthday.

With Nana, either admiring dad's handiwork or just wanting a piece of cake!

 

Summer Holiday Part II

Tapotupoto Bay near Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga with Charlie

Te Werahi Beach from the Cape

90 Mile Beach

      

Omapere and the Hokianga Harbour

     

Waipoua Forest

Waipoua Forest - a campsite all to ourselves

We're All Going on a Summer Holiday

Piroa falls near Waipu, Northland.

Not so Bland Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campsite on the isthmus between the sheltered harbour beach and almost as sheltered ocean beach.

 

On the car ferry from Okiato (Russell) to Opua

Kawakawa

Outside the famous 'Hundertwasser' toilets in Kawakawa

Rainbow Falls, Kerikeri, literally over the fence from the campsite

Maitai Bay, Northland

Karikari Beach

Merry Xmas from the Land of the long covid free streak

Napier Santa Parade

 

Bell Rock Walk

Just over 80km or 50 miles north of home, the walk to Bell Rock was about 3 hours return. We didn't linger at the rock itself at 900 metres above sea level due to it blowing a gale, despite it being a hot still day at home.

 

Holiday Adventures

Heading for Sunrise Hut in the Ruahines on 30th September.

 

Three hours after setting off.

Do you want to build a snowman?

Timber Trail ride - 9th and 10th October. Just setting off in Pureora Forest.

Highest Point on the trail 971 metres above sea level

Lunch on day one.

From the Ongarue Spiral looking at the track to come - the last few kilometres mostly downhill.

One of many suspension bridges on the trail

The end at Ongarue. We made it, all 82 kilometres.