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On the day that would have been my late father’s (Francis Barclay Greer aka Frank, from Glasgow) 109th (!) birthday, our first full day in Whangarie, chez cousin Elaine, started off a tad overcast… However, when we left to explore Whangarie town centre (after another example of Elaine’s superb talent for creating a cracking meal),
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Each year the 6th of February is highly significant in New Zealand, since it the anniversary of The Treaty of Waitangi in 1840… This was a proclamation of British sovereignty rights over the whole of NZ, but, since it’s inception, especially as more of the Maori population have become better educated, many disputes have been
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At c.8 am, with another sunny day welcoming us, we started planning our one full day in Auckland… Stage 1 – Lighten the Load We had concluded that we would need to send some of our excess clothing back to the UK, so made our way to the closest NZ PO realising in the process
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Priorities first, congratulations to No.1 son Calum on your 25th birthday – 1st Qtr Century done – so no longer a callow youthππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Meanwhile, back in Rotorua the weather had changed for the better So we took up Gail’s suggestion and all headed for the thermal pools at 8am… …and what a tremendous way to
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Well, today started as yesterday finished… However, a land as lush as it is here doesn’t get this attractive without some precipitation π At the risk of repeating myself, today was another “game of 2 halves” First half was a wee reminder that the Rugby 6 Nations Tournament had just started and, since Gail &
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Despite a forecast indicating otherwise, at 7 am the skies still looked promising… Today was a classic “game of 2 halves”π First half saw us return for our second, Gail led, Zumba classes, where, once again, I was the token male amongst 40 females – yes, it’s a hard life, but someone’s gotta do itππΊπ½ππ½
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Feeling rather like Groundhog Day, this is what we were welcomed with this morning……againππ Sandwiched in between Al Fresco breakfast and our evening meal, the highlight of the day was visiting the unique, multi award winning visitor attraction, Hamilton Gardens π With Ian having other plans, Gail drove Julie and I through the suburbs as
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Today was to be our 1st full day in Hamilton and, once again, the weather didn’t disappoint π Hamilton has an interesting backstory, formed, as it was, during the conflict between the Maori inhabitants and the British colonialists… It now has a population of c.185,000 and has grown into one of NZ’s 5 cities with
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With our plans now changed to flying from Wellington to Hamilton at 4pm, “chillaxing” was definitely the only item on the agenda after the previous 2 days… The route would be due North and c. 500km as the crow, aka Air NZ, flies Since Fiona and Deryk were both working from home today it made
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Having put a few more hours back in the sleep tank we checked the forecast; with our ferry back to Wellington sailing at 2 pm, we made sure we knew where the SPF50 was..π …and breakfast on the balcony beckoned.. Our hosts kindly dropped us off at the ferry terminal at 10.15 am, so, luggage
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