We had decided on a road trip. First stop was to the southern end of the coromandel where we dropped Simon and Shelley off at Flo Crawfords place. Flo is a distant cousin of Janet and so you may argue that Simon, Shelley and Flo had similar ancestors. Flo lives in Thames and runs one of 2 butchers in the town. She lives in a lovely 2 bedroomed house perched on a hill overlooking the Firth of Thames. Such a beautiful setting... Flo introduced us to the latest a...

Here we are sat in row 20 of a jet star Boeing 737 enroute from Sydney to Auckland. Our flight from Hong Kong to Sydney was delayed for an hour which meant that the connection at Sydney was looking dodgy. The flight to Sydney was on the new Airbus 380….massive aircraft with fab seats …But for some reason none of us slept…hmmmmm so we are now all exhausted. After we landed at Sydney the airline staff read out our names saying we had to rush to the gate ...

Following a fabulously sociable evening we both woke up at about 5am but then managed to doze until 7 ish. Our bags arrived about 9 which was great AND the biscuits we had bought for john and caroline in Christchurch, had survived the immigration people. After bacon butties, John and Jo walked us all down to the beach at narrowneck. Absolutely gorgeous.... Stunning scenery with a view to die for,JB had a swim and then we walked back to their house to pick up th...

Here we are sat in row 20 of a jet star Boeing 737 Enroute from Sydney to Auckland. Our flight from Hong Kong to Sydney was delayed for an hour which meant that the connection at sydney was looking dodgy. The flight to sydney was on the new airbus 380.... Massive aircraft with fab seats .... But for some reason none of us slept ...hmmmmm so we are now exhausted After we landed at Sydney they read out our names saying we had to rush to the gate.... Poor June ....