Wednesday night we made the trip up to Niki’s Dad’s place. He lives just out of Rawene which is in the u
pper North Island near Opononi and Kaikohe. About a 5 hour drive fro
m Hamilton. Glenn lives in a house bus and has some land where he’s growing every fruit & vege you can imagine! We picked raspberries for breakfast and courgette, capsicum, pumpkin, tomatoes etc for lunch/dinners. We basically just laxed out, read books & pottered around. The weather was awesome which was a bonus! We did a beach walk and they put out the net and caught a kawhai which they then smoked. YUM! It’s pretty awesome up there but I’m a city girl so can only handle it for a couple of days!
At 12 on Saturday we left to make the long trip to Tauranga. A stop for lunch, a visit to Niki’s Aunty in Auckland and a road closure just out of Paeroa made the trip a slow one. We finally arrived just before 8pm. I met up with Kirsty for a good catch-up over a few drinks while Niki stayed home to lax out after all that driving (cos his damn girlfriend can’t drive!)
Sunday we went to the Morton Estate Winery @ Katikati to celebrate my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary. All the family was there which doesn’t happen often. It was really lovely to see everyone and have a few pics and it was so awesome for my grandparents, they are so fantastic.
That afternoon we headed to Jared & Shelley’s house (Niki’s brother & sister-in-law) to catch up with them. Later I met Justine & parents for her b-day @ “The Quarry” (fancy new “tavern” in Te Puna). Kate Conaghan and her parents also came. It was awesome to see the girls cos I don’t get to see them often since they live far away now.
Monday I headed into town to do a spot of shopping while Niki played golf with his mates (he was really really bad apparently). I texted a few girlfriends to see if anyone was free for lunch or something and then next thing I was heading to Rotorua with Tina & Jade to Paradise Valley to pat the 5 wk old lion cubs. SOOO CUTE!! Fantastic afternoon
So all and all a very busy but super fun Easter weekend … I had my fair share of marshmallow eggs & a choc bunny too
pper North Island near Opononi and Kaikohe. About a 5 hour drive fro
m Hamilton. Glenn lives in a house bus and has some land where he’s growing every fruit & vege you can imagine! We picked raspberries for breakfast and courgette, capsicum, pumpkin, tomatoes etc for lunch/dinners. We basically just laxed out, read books & pottered around. The weather was awesome which was a bonus! We did a beach walk and they put out the net and caught a kawhai which they then smoked. YUM! It’s pretty awesome up there but I’m a city girl so can only handle it for a couple of days!At 12 on Saturday we left to make the long trip to Tauranga. A stop for lunch, a visit to Niki’s Aunty in Auckland and a road closure just out of Paeroa made the trip a slow one. We finally arrived just before 8pm. I met up with Kirsty for a good catch-up over a few drinks while Niki stayed home to lax out after all that driving (cos his damn girlfriend can’t drive!)
Sunday we went to the Morton Estate Winery @ Katikati to celebrate my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary. All the family was there which doesn’t happen often. It was really lovely to see everyone and have a few pics and it was so awesome for my grandparents, they are so fantastic.
That afternoon we headed to Jared & Shelley’s house (Niki’s brother & sister-in-law) to catch up with them. Later I met Justine & parents for her b-day @ “The Quarry” (fancy new “tavern” in Te Puna). Kate Conaghan and her parents also came. It was awesome to see the girls cos I don’t get to see them often since they live far away now.
Monday I headed into town to do a spot of shopping while Niki played golf with his mates (he was really really bad apparently). I texted a few girlfriends to see if anyone was free for lunch or something and then next thing I was heading to Rotorua with Tina & Jade to Paradise Valley to pat the 5 wk old lion cubs. SOOO CUTE!! Fantastic afternoon
So all and all a very busy but super fun Easter weekend … I had my fair share of marshmallow eggs & a choc bunny too
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