Our next stop for the holiday was the Coromandel and the east coast township of Onemana. Again we booked a house, this time with Alistair and Darryl coming to join us. The view from the deck was pretty spectacular.
The beach was stunning, but the sea a bit wild at times with rips, so the life guards were there to help anyone who got into trouble.
The pohutukawa trees were also in full bloom and looked beautiful along the beach.
We had some lovely sunrises, this one I saw as Royston and Alistair were up early to go fishing.
And also some amazing moons. A great relaxing and quite spot to see in the New Year.
Our next stop for the holiday was the Coromandel and the east coast township of Onemana. Again we booked a house, this time with Alistair and Darryl coming to join us. The view from the deck was pretty spectacular.
We had some lovely sunrises, this one I saw as Royston and Alistair were up early to go fishing.
For Christmas we rented a small cottage amongst the vines about 10km outside of Napier.
Another day, another visit from Flynn. Charlie showing him who's boss...
After almost a year, we finally made it back down to visit Anna and Tim to see their latest additions to the household. Jodie is now 18 months old and already hand on with the animals, feeding the pigs...
...and the cow.
Tim's new venture is a flat bed truck with haib crane, plus a water tank for delivering water to homes and businesses.
They have also done a lot of work on their garden since we last visited.
Royston and Tim headed off up the road to collect a totara log to take into Taupo to be carved into a totem pole. It wasn't small...this is 7 metres and had to be chainsawed down to fit on the truck.
Tim then let Royston have a play with the haib crane, lifting an old lorry chassis onto the back of the truck.