11 October 2009 Today Andy took me on another road trip to various different beaches.It was a lovely sunny day, so definitely the perfect day for it. First stop was Te Arai Beach, which as all beaches are, was gorgeous.Next stop was Mangawahi Heads Beach, again, absolutely beautiful.From there we made our way to Goat Island Marine Reserve @ Leigh, where we went snorkelling - yip, snorkelling, in 14 degrees water.They even gave us 2 wet-suits each from the ...

7 October 2009 This morning I got the bus back to Auckland, to spent the next week with Andrea.It was a lovely sunny day, so our options were all open, as what to do. Andy attempted to take me to Mt Eden, but they had closed off the road (maintenance road works going on), so instead we went on to Cornwall Park, to One Tree Hill.Funny thing about it though, is that the 1 tree that stood by the monument, is no longer there - they have chopped it down, so as ...

2 October 2009 Today was the journey back to Hamilton where Andrea took me on the scenic route.We went via Taumarunui and Waitomo.It was a beautiful drive back, seeing all the beautiful landscape, which was caused from the Taupo eruption MANY years ago. 3 October 2009 Today / this evening was the Celebration of Faye's 30th Birthday.We all had a pretty relaxing morning / afternoon, as we knew it was going to be a big one. Once the clock struck 4pm, s...

1 October 2009 This morning we were up early, and ready for a day of skiing. On check-out, we discussed with management the extra rate we had paid to have the room to ourselves, but infact didn't work out that way, so he gave us money back (which was good) and apologised for the mix-up. We then hit the shop called 'Cool Runnings' where we hired our ski gear, and made our way up to the mountain.It was definitely a much better day on the slopes (as it had ...

28 September 2009 Andy picked me up from Hamilton this morning, to take me on a road trip.1st stop was Rotorua.Obviously first and foremost, was to sort out our accommodation, so we drove up and down the main road, comparing prices of Motels.We eventually settled for the 'Pine Motel'.So once we had checked in, we headed out to grab some much needed lunch. Because it was raining on and off constantly, it was difficult trying to decide what it was that we co...