Here is the synopsis. Enjoy! Week 2 Sunday, December 13 This morning we started out at Stanmore Bay where we walked the length of the beach as we do each time we come here. It is a lovely stretch of beach with Pohutakawa trees reaching out over the sand from the dunes. From there we drove to Army Bay for a picnic lunch in the shade of one of those lovely trees. The seagulls are so cheeky that they come right up to people to beg for food. Needless to say we co...

Here is the synopsis. Enjoy! Week 2Sunday, December 13This morning we started out at Stanmore Bay where we walked the length of the beach as we do each time we come here. It is a lovely stretch of beach with Pohutakawa trees reaching out over the sand from the dunes. From there we drove to Army Bay for a picnic lunch in the shade of one of those lovely trees. The seagulls are so cheeky that they come right up to people to beg for food. Needless to say we c...

Week 1 Thursday December 10, 2009 After about 30 hours of elapsed time and a couple of delayed flights, we were greeted with sunshine and 70 degrees at the Auckland airport. As you can see, I have included before flight and after flight photos). After an hour of getting baggage and clearing customs (including the cute beagle who sniffed out the scent of an apple that had been in Buzz's backpack) we got our rental car and headed north to Red Beach and the custom...

Week 1Thursday December 10, 2009  After about 30 hours of elapsed time and a couple of delayed flights, we were greeted with sunshine and 70 degrees at the Auckland airport. As you can see, I have included before flight and after flight photos).   After an hour of getting baggage and clearing customs (including the cute beagle who sniffed out the scent of an apple that had been in Buzz's backpack) we got our rental car and headed north to Red Beach and the...

27 March, Thames, New Zealand: The time has flown since we returned to NZ from Australia. We stayed in Feilding from the 14th to the 24th of March trying to get in one more visit with old friends. Cathy and I went to Palmerston North one evening to see the Russian Ballet Company dance Romeo and Juliet. It wasa lovely performance. After two and a half months of almost perfectg weather, the rains came last week. NZ and its farmers really need the rain, we would hav...