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We got our campervan today! Yipee! his name is Smooch! Don't worry we didn't name him like that it came written on his door. Its pretty much the same campervan as we had in Oz so we were happy. We just have Smooch for 3 times as long...wherther we are going to kill eachother is a question i can't answer at the moment! We spent most of our first day kitting him out - we bought lots of food - its so nice to be settled for a bit - and of course we bought alcohol! Roll on road trip...of course no drinking and driving!
Our first stop was a place called Hamner Springs not too far away from Christchurch. It is renowned for its natural spas but when we got there it was so full of families (summer holidays!) that we decided to ditch the spa and head towards Kaikoura for our first stopover.
We found a great little site right on the beach just a few KM away from kaikoura town centre. We're not big fans of the huge holiday parks. Our "bedroom window" looked right out onto the sea. It was beautiful. The place was deserted - just us! We decided to try and make a bonfire. Tom was pessimistic from the start and said it couldn't be done. "Do you have any bonfire making experience, Maria?" He gave up after about 15 minutes but i battled on, and after i'd burnt out a ligter, a whole box of matches and most of my fingers i got it going!Haha! i think i persevered just to prove Tom wrong! "Do you have any bonfire making skills Maria?" Yes i do!! We had a few drinks by the fire on the beach that evening...perfect end to our first day with Smooch!
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