Sat 24 March - New Plymouth At 10am this morning Bruce was parked at MeritRV's yard to talk to Nathan about the frig problem. Nothing can be done until Mon at the earliest so we will find a private powered site for the weekend. It's too expensive to spend 2 days at the local motor camps but we found a place on a lifestyle block out at Bell Block. Joe and Rosa (CAP #4715) made us most welcome and had a great setup with power, water and grey water dump for $12...

- Fri 23 March - New Plymouth Today the caravan service check was done. We dropped it off at MeritRV about 9am and then had to fill in the morning and part of the afternoon as till it was ready. We spent a bit of time at Paritutu Rock and the Port area before going to see the movie "Finding Your Feet". Great movie - lots of laughs but some very moving moments as well. We had some lunch at the Art Café in the theatre complex and got a call soon after to pick...

Thur 22 March - Urenui to New Plymouth After a quiet night on our own we headed off into New Pymouth with a stop at the Bell Block dump station. We had just arrived at Huatoki NZMCA park when the skies opened. It was such a heavy downpour we hopped into the van for cuppa till it blew over before doing our levelling and legs down etc. It rained off and on all afternoon so it was a damp run to the supermarket to pick up something for tea. We are travelling wit...