Last weekend we decided to take a trip to Adam's familys bach (like a holiday home) which is at Lake Rotoara, just south of Taupo. It took about 3 hours to get there, so it was a good test for Reggie who had no problems - he's so much better than Mr Jingles!!! We got there late in the evening and had fish and chips for tea. The bach is so cool, it's right on the lake and has a fire and everything! The next morning we went out fishing on the little boat. I ca...

It's been a while, but i'll try to remember everything that we've done in the last month!! While Jacqui was still here, we drove up to Auckland to meet up with Ally, Jack's friend. He arrived at about 7am, so we drove through the night to pick him up at the airport. All feeling pretty tired, we headed north of Auckland to a place called Orewa, where we spent the whole morning in the hot pools there - very nice! The weather was awful, and didn't actually stop ...

So me and Jacqui have had our week in the South Island - we managed to cram in loads, but didn't really have enough time! We flew down to Christchurch last Monday - the flight was really bumpy - the minute we hit the south island, the clouds closed in and it was raining - dodgy landing, but we made it! We arrived in Christchurch to thundering rain, and set about trying to hire a car. After the first 4 companies we tried had no cars at all, we were lucky to fin...

Christmas and New Year have been and gone, and i haven't written in this thing for ages!! We had a good time here, the weather was good (apart from on Christmas Day)! On Christmas Day we got up, had sausages on the barbie for breakfast, then went out for a surf. Our Canadian friends and their family came round for Christmas dinner (another bbq) and we went out for another surf! On New Years, we had some friends round, then went down to the beach for the cou...

Well, a lot has happened since we last wrote in this thing! Jack's mum and sister came out to visit us and we have moved house again! Teresa and Joanne arrived in Tauranga (eventually after missing their flight from Auckland) on Friday 23rd November. After staying one night in Mount Maunganui, we headed for the Coromandel. We travelled for most of the day on Saturday and arrived in Coromandel Town in the evening. It was late ish when we got there so we jus...