We are getting practised at the up and out routine so we were on the road by 9:30. Looking at the map today was going to be a long driving day so we thought we should limit our stops to get in at a sensible time. We are finding stops are taking a considerable chunk of time when you add it the act of putting on removed shoes, placing children in car seats and the oooh stones/shells/stick factors.Our first stop was at the Moereki boulders which are amazing and fr...

just visited some rock art what is left is pretty cool but a lot has been damaged by vandals and historians

We decided today would be relaxed and we would not try and do too much. We drove into town and to the Botanic Gardens and had a walk through them to the playpark and the girls had a good hour playing there. David went to the car and got the pushchair so we could walk into the town. When he had done that we got some duck food and fed the ducks, one of the little so and sos grabbed the whole bag from David and did a runner.A much longer walk into the town when w...

This has been one of those days. We had a very early start as we had to be packed and ready for pick up at 7:30am as we were catching the 8am ferry. The day was an awful lot calmer than on the way out but it was still a little rocky. However, nothing says Good Morning quite like a small child's vomit as Elizabeth was ill again. Mrs Pharmacist when you said children under three do not get motion sickness I beg to differ.We arrived safely into Bluff and drove t...

Just off the ferry only one event this time as crossing far calmer. Now having breakfast. Hope to have internet soon