We took two days off work and headed on a 4 day break with Rukshan de Silva and Tracey Anthony for some wine touring in the Hawke's Bay. We rented a cute little Townhouse in the heart of the wine region; Hastings, which was oddly enough not all that dissimilar from Hastings in England. On our first night we took a trip to the local Pac N' Save (supermarket), where men with towels as lower body clothing, stood around in groups, staring at people rather disconce...

Thanks to a fab xmas gift from the Gibbo, it was a relaxing, beach weekend away at Mt. Maunganui, in the Bay of Plenty. A trip to The Mount is long overdue - the Kiwi's we work with are shocked and appalled that we had never been to The Mount, as they frequently describe it as their 'favourite place'. We were expecting great things! We left after work on Friday, with only clothes packed as this time we were heading to a 'luxury B&B retreat'. Basically we ...

Labour Weekend has come around again and this year we went on a road trip to the Far North with Jamie and Anna. In contrast to our previous adventures, we didn't plan what to do or where to stay, just winging it! As you know we no longer have our good old Spacewagon, so it was camping all the way! The aim of the trip was to drive up one side of the Northland to Cape Reinga and back the other side (it's a peninsula). So we set off from work early Friday eve, ...

Just back from 10 days in the paradise that is Hawaii. It was a holiday of extremes really; we spent 3 days on the Big Island of Hawaii where it pretty much drizzled continuously. We went to the Hawaii Volcano National Park to explore the lava fields, see an active volcano puffing out smoke and glowing lava from a distance! Randomly, there happened to be a cultural event - so we checked out some hula dancing and learned how to make lei's. Unfortunately, the on...

April's been a month of visitors, starting with Tim's Dad and Cheryl then followed by the wonderful Deborah and with Tim's 27th Birthday in-between! With the visitors, came the touring - some old and some new. After giving Tim's Dad and Cheryl the grand tour of Raglan, we visited Rotorua for some geothermal activity, followed by a trip to Auckland, which included celebrating for the first and probably last time, harvest at Easter…Oddly with some Croatian da...