Christmas Road Trip – Whakatane.

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Sunset at Ohope.

School finishes for Christmas today and it’s also my last day at work before the long Christmas (summer) holidays. we have a big road trip planned during the three weeks + that I am off work. Were heading south from Auckland for Queenstown with much planned on the way there and back. Continue reading

12,000ft above Rotorua

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Watch your head as you approach the aircraft.

Friday came around quickly this week and with a half-day booked-off from work and schools being far more reasonable about taking children out of school during term time we knock-off at lunch time and head for Rotorua where we plan to meet up with Gillian and Hywel who are travelling up from Gisborne. Continue reading