New Zealanders remember the 5th of November, and Cat and I (being English) decided that we would get into the spirit of things. Unfortunately we didn't do that by watching a fireworks display, but we did manage to have a big bang.
We are OK. The car has gone to a crusher - it was a write-off so we got it towed away, and an absolutely lovely local lady came to our rescue, taking us home so that we could call people like the AA, and get things sorted out. we then hopped on the next bus to Auckland, and we're now looking for work and rooms to rent here in Auckland.
In other news, I've been Prawn fishing! I even managed to catch a couple of prawns, - though I refused to be the one to take then off the hook! Thanks to Cat and DJ for removing the hooks from my prawns. The 3 of us managed to catch 21 prawns because we were to stubborn to leave even though it was chucking down with rain.
I've also seen the Huka falls, which looks pretty amazing.
I've been on a wine tour in the Hawkes bay region, and been to Napier, (very art deco, and very hot) I can recommend the Mission Estate wines, as well as Matariki, Trinity Hills and Craggy Range. Well I'm not sure that I could remember that much by the time that I got to the last vineyard, but it was a really nice afternoon anyway!
I also spent a couple of days in Gisborne, and Tauranga. In Tauranga we ran into Mario, one of the guys that we'd known in Whangarei, and Mario wanted to have his head shaved... how could we say no?
I can't apparently add any more pictures at the moment, so I'll add some more later.
Love ya,
Sueby
6 comments:
Blimey mate what a bang, you are ok though physically & mentally (well the mentally bit has always been debatable). Glad you are staying in one spot for a while you can't get into aby trouble there. Will try to email you at some point soon, bit busy here a the moment.
Take Care Love Diane
crickey, you guys did a good job on that!
the prawns look fab, do you think i could get those out of the river by me? probably not!
take care, and try and stay out of cars for a little while!
emma.x
So glad you both are o.k. Keep smiling!!! Love, Judi
haha, looks like I managed to get on again! Haha work!! Couldn't see the photos tho - gr. I wanted to see the crushed car.
I used to sell the mission wines in tasty treats! Sounds like your having fun tho. Love you xx
good to talk with you tonight. Glad to hear Cat has a job and hope tomorrow is a good day. The car looked interesting but i would rather you don't do that again for a long while.
Interesting redesign project! Once is enough! Very thankful that you are both OK and safely back on "terra firma" so to speak. Hope all oges well tomorrow.
Love
Dadn
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