Left the site after emptying all the tanks etc and had a McD for breakfast. Drove to Wellington and got in around 4pm. The Rimataku road is very high ! Lovely to see Andrew again.

Today we were going to go and do volcanoes in the national park but we decided the girls needed a day that was more for them, so we headed for the coast in the hope of finding suitable things for them. For us the wineries would have been an option but we felt not for the girls. We pretty much failed in this mission but we had a good explore of Napier, Art Deco twon. I am unconvinced this was in the end the right move but when we reached here we had no inclinat...

The day started a little before 8 o'clock when I woke up. I checked my phone for the time and saw a text from Lizzie confirming Jack had a place at Coten End School, a flurry of texts to Rachel later confirmed that Alex also has a place there. Breakfast was cereal, croissant etc and we found ourselves on the road at about 9:15 or so and drove the 30km to Wai-o-tapu for the thermal park. We arrived just before Lady Knox geyser would have entered eruption but de...

Another late morning mainly due to the late night last night. Alex woke in the night again and we were also awoken by the rain. The rain was very heavy. I woke, had coffee and read my book until Elizabeth stirred. The weather outside was pretty rotten so we did not rush to get ready. Having said that some of us were more active than others which caused some tension.We decided to be very British in our approach to this and carry on regardless. The plan was t...

A lazy day today which meant we did not head out of the site until 11ish. We had heard the sulphur smell was unbearable but in all honesty it has been fine. As we left the sight we found Alex's lamby had lost an arm, fortunately she is not upset by this turn of events. We walked through the park looking at the thermal activity and ended up in eat streat, yes that it the way it is spelt ! The temperature was unbearable hot. We had lunch out and about which was...