So we have been living the life of nomads in our campervan for about a week now. Spent the first day in a place called piha watching a bit of surf competion. Then we headed to the Kauri forest and saw some big tree - Naomi was very excited about this!! Then we headed to the Bay of Islands for two nights camping next to a waterfall. Had a pretty good day sailing a 65ft yacht amongst the islands, jumping of for a bit of snorkelling and seeing dolphins along the way. We are now in a place called Raglan having spent Naomi's big 30 yesterday surfing and relaxing! Now heading to some smelly geothermal place to look at a couple of geezers apparently!

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who gave me a birthday card - it was really nice to open them yesterday!

Oh, Sarah and Ruth we have not added any photos yet cause its a right old faff!