We have been off site for a couple of months. But our travels in brief have been Otaki 6-9 May for a few days. Caught up with my brother which was special. Taupo 9-13 May NZMCA site near Taupo racecourse Taupo 14-18 May POP in Kinloch Steve discovered Kinloch Marina which is for NZMCA members it has power and water and gorgeous views

FERNGLEN Sheep Milking Farm and HOMEWOOD STOREROOM We visited these two intriguing sites today. Neither of us have seen sheep being milked before and according to Farmer Brown sheep milk has twice the amount of magnesium, protein and calcium as cows milk and is easily digested into the body in 45 minutes as opposed to 3 hours for cows milk. We stayed awhile before moving down the road to the HOMEWOOD storeroom where hot homemade scones were waiting for us. Th...

ANZAC DAY And here we are near Tinui where on the 25 April 1916 the first ANZAC service was ever held in the World. We began our day in the Wharema Hall singing God Of Nations at thy feet in the bonds of love we meet, hear our voices we entreat God defend New Zealand. We sung it in Māori first and the whole anthem was truly moving. We drove to Tinui, parked in a paddock with the bonus of cow paddies and ambled down the lane to the Memorial Hall where we posi...

WHAREAMA Isn’t it a wonderful feeling when you accomplish something you were unsure of. Well… just like Steve conquered his Mt Everest so too did we traverse right over the Rimutakas with our apartment in tow. Our Isuzu did it effortlessly and Steve being the exceptional driver he is, did it with ease. We popped in to Freshchoice in Greytown on the way, and then on to a very well set up dump station which we knew had the addition of fresh water for our tan...

The last few days have been rather exciting. Plenty of exploring and new encounters. Steve (Saturday 20th) To quote Sir Ed, “we knocked the b*****d off”, all 590-odd metres of it! Up a near vertical track to the upper most point on the Norbett Creek Loop track. Well at least 1:1 (45deg)!😏. Okay it was bloody step with no level bits from bottom to top, so there!😠 Whilst Sophie and I didn’t quite need oxygen😮‍💨 the odd ...