Sunday - We decided to go to Waihi, but when we got to the beach it was too windy and cold. So we went to a hot spring which was very very very hot. Then we went on a walk and just about got lost! But we got back in time to see a small geyser erupt, very small. Too bad. 

Saturday - We went to Auckland and to Kelly Tarltons museum where I watched penguins through a glass window through another glass window. Then we took a little bus ride through the penguin sanctuary and saw the four new born King penguins. Then the ride took us in a little room where there were statues of seals on ice. Then a mechanical killer whale popped out of the water with a seal in its mouth! Then the ride took us through a whole bunch of flags, then we got...

Thursday - It was dad's B-day, we sent to Valenties, the buffet. We got a cake when we went home. 

Sunday - Mum and I walked around the gardens. We saw a dead hedgehog. Then we went and got dad some presents. 

Saturday - Dad and I went up to Pirongia beacuse Mum was climbing a mountain. I had my piano lesson, then we went to a Pirongia walk. It was so beautiful with all the fern trees that surrounded the path. We passed over a creek and the vines that hung around us could have supported tarzan. There was a big clump of moss haning off of a vine. It was a beautiful walk with big trees. I loved it!Note:For New Horizons I am going scuba diving.