Kia Ora After a blast on the push bike this morning,I set off walking to the ferry terminal for my morning in the City and a visit to the immigration offices to try and get an extension to my tourist visa. I was pleased to see there wasn't a queue and I made my way to the desk to get some help. I had prepared all my spiel to lay on them but before I could get going I was met with "place all your documents in the brown envelope and place in the postbox"...

Kia Ora everyone,it's time for my next instalment... After such a fun packed weekend,Monday came around quickly and while Mel went to work to earn the money,I was up to my ears in laundry and cleaning,but it was tricky as we had both woken up with aching bodies after the tree climbing,which had worked muscles that had not been worked for a while... We drove to Milford later that night, for a walk on the beach but we had under estimated the tide and couldn't get...

Kia Ora Guys Mel jumped out of the car at the traffic lights where Queen Street intersects Customs St West and went into the Mercure Hotel to meet Marcia,who we had the pleasure of showing around for a brief few hours,while she was in Auckland.It was already late afternoon,and we had decided to get her out of the city for a couple of hours. The weather had come good for the visit and the sun was out which made the city look excellent as we drove across the Harb...

Kia Ora Well guys you know with these blogs you get the good with the bad and apart from Billy Connolly on Sunday and moving back into the cottage, March has not started well for us. I don't want to sugar coat these blogs so you get to know everything that goes on here and it's not all fun,trust me. On our way back to the cottage on Monday we decided to register with the doctor as we would be around for a few months in Devonport it made sense,the process was st...

Kia Ora Monday 23rd February marked the start of our 16th week here in Auckland and the time has really gone quickly.It really doesn't seem 2 minutes since we were on the beach on Xmas Day and now we are nearly in March.Mel has settled in well at wotk and I am happy doing my thing around the place till the visas are issued. We had dinner with Arnold and Vi on Monday evening and it was nice to catch up with them and also have some home cooked food as at the mote...