Now that the summer has arrived in Gisborne, the town has come to life with lots of goings on to keep us entertained. One of the first things to kick off the Summer Season is the first Speedway meet. This happens on/around bonfire night, which for some unknown reason is celebrated here. Slightly apprehensive about the evening's plans, we took ourselves along to the Speedway in order to enjoy what had been promised to us as Gisborne's best fireworks display at t...

We spent a night in Auckland before heading to the Coromandel. Claire was struggling to find her land legs after so long lost at sea and had to develop a new method of walking primarily on tip toes due to inexplicable, excruciating calf pain. Not ideal the day before a hike. Claire was also concerned as, since setting off for the Coromandel, Greg had started acting rather strangely. She couldn't put her finger on what it was but he spent an unusual amount of ti...

Our annual leave had finally arrived and our much awaited holiday within a holiday was here, a solid 10 days away. Claire was trying to give Greg some more responsibility with packing whilst still overseeing the operation to ensure correct items were packed, correctly folded and space used efficiently. Unfortunately Greg stumbled at the first hurdle, when he realised he only has 8 pairs of boxers in New Zealand, and he was currently wearing one of them. Claire ...

Work at the hospital has had its moments of excitement in amongst the dull grind of everyday quietness. It is, like the mood of a bipolar person, from one extreme to another. Night shifts, for example are not unlike a Jekyll and Hyde type character. On one hand you have the ease of a small hospital with very little happening on the wards and the occasional A&E attendee, on the other you have the full ICU and multiple trauma call in A&E with no in-house ...

It was Halloween and the much planned Ghostbusters costume was packed into the boot of Lauren and Sean's car. They were really excited to be taking us on their first long adventure in their 'new' used car from a dead woman. We set off in the direction of Napier after work on the Friday, it was a beautiful evening, only disturbed by a faint whirring of the car engine and what seemed to be faulty air conditioning pumping out a warm breeze. We were 45 minutes out ...