And so the time has come to pack up the mighty Bongo and move on again........ The final week before we left, New Zealand had ANZAC day which is the equivalent of our Rememberence Sunday.  So we trundled off down into town to watch the parade.  Which was nice horses and a donkey, then the local army regiment and the rest of the town's sevices.  Raglan has been a good place to spend the summer and we've meet some good people along the way. So we hit th...

"I've found something for you to do"  were his opening words on returning from work.  "Ok, what is it?"  "You're going to make stuff for Soundsplash!"  Not quite knowing how to respond to a suggestion that involves me actually leaving the house and doing something when unfortunately "making stuff" is far from my forte - boredom won, "I'll do it!" Soundsplash is an ecco reggae f...

It's my birthday!!!!!!!  The parcels have been arriving over the last few weeks and thanks to the miserable customs laws they all have their contents written on the outside - luckily they're intercepted by my eagle-eyed carer, and subsequently removed!   I have no idea what my day entails, but I've been told I need to be ready by 11 and not to wash my hair ?????  Hmm, I'm not sure whether to be nervous or excited!!!! As it turns out my present is a...

"Get dressed we're going out" was the beginning of my day.� "Er, where to?" was my response.� "It's a surprise".� Hmm, I still have my leg in cast what on earth can we be doing........ We pull up at the airfield in Raglan where I find a local flying club offering glider flights.� Oh my!� Apparently their motto is "so long as you can get in, you can go up!"...

So here we are in raglan for the summer, we've just lined ourselves up jobs in a cafe and somewhere to live for the duration - with Shane and Jenny away for the week and our first Christmas off of work together, this looks like it's going to be a great start.� In the spirit of doing something unusual on Christmas Eve we book ourselves surf lessons.� I'm a little nervous but can't wait to get started as that's the main rea...