Another magnificent day in Paradise. We all headed out to the airport at the Mount and took off at about 10.30am heading north towards Pauanui. You can just see the Mount in the top of this picture and the rather large container storage yard at the port. Great view of the Mount again with a … More Trip to Pauanui – 10th April 2019

The plans today involved the girls going one way and the boys going the other. The boys got the better deal as they went off for a tour in BIL’s plane. BIL has almost 30 years of experience so Fras felt very comfortable and safe as he has had an experience in a small plane … More Fun Day at the Office with BIL – 9th April 2019

Today was all about catching up. Fraser and Paula went for a swim whilst Dex walked back from the pool with Kasey. We all then headed to the new Crossings Shopping Centre that was opened last Thursday to have a squiz. Unfortunately not a lot to report about it as it was nothing special. Dex … More Catch Up Day – 8th April 2019

We were up and out the door by 9.00am as Paula and Dex had some people from Samoa coming over to have a look at his plane. It was decided that we would be dropped off at Mt Maunganui whilst Paula and Dex went out to the airport to meet with these people interested in … More Not so Crappy Day – 7th April 2019

Just as the title says, it was a crappy day on all fronts. We awoke to rain which decided it was going to settle in for the day. Di woke with what she thought was a nasty ear infection but we decided to go ahead with our plans and drive further up the coast to … More Crappy Day on all Fronts – 6th April 2019

Awoke to another beautiful day after what turned out to be a cool night. The van was warm enough and had plenty of warm blankets but it was great to be able to snuggle down and bury your nose. Once we had had our breakfast of porridge we organised ourselves to drive about 10k up … More Cathedral Cave and Hot Water Beach – 5th April 2019

Alas, it wasn’t three days of swimming in a row. The start this morning was in the pool by 7.00am and for us it just wasn’t going to happen. We crawled out at 8.30am and packed up the final necessities in the van and had some breakfast. We farewelled Dex who was off flying down … More Glamping New Zealand Style – 4th April 2019

Another morning swim – this is become not a habit and a good one at that. It was cooler this morning, and the dash from the change room to the pool is the biggest challenge of the whole exercise. Had a coffee with Paula’s aqua size class and then did some girlie nail stuff. Fras … More Mucking Around – 3rd April 2019

Oh god, we were out of bed by 7.00am and in the outside swimming pool by 08.15am – nearly killed us. Paula does aqua jogging every morning and has done so for over 13 years which we certainly take our hat off to. It was our duty to put on the cozzies and go down … More Day of Exercise – 2nd April 2019

Fras had gone to bed at 11.30pm the night before but Di and Wilma didn’t crawl into the sack until 1.30am so the 8.00am start was just a tad difficult to handle. Wilma spends all her spare time renovating older run down homes that she purchases and does them up herself. She does it on … More Tauranga Bound – 1st April 2019