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New beach series – Cornwallis

Today was Imogen’s birthday and we went to Cornvallis beach. Really great place with a big grass lawn and heaps of trees right by the beach. Perfect for picnics. Also all the gorgeous Pohutukawa trees were in [...]

Waiwera

This weekend we got to go to the Waiwera Thermal Spa using vouchers Imogen got from one of her friendly boss. Lots of sauna and steam bath relaxation…great until i did my neck in on the ‘gut buster’ (or was it the ‘deadly twist’) [...]

First crop

First home grown food since we moved to our new [...]

il Forno – italian bakery

Went to the il Forno bakery in Ponsonby for the first time today after Imogen discovered it a while back. Really great sourdough baguette and other good breads. Great little cafe to have a relaxing cofe/snack on a [...]

The Daldy

This year the RHE christmas party was on the The Daldy. It is a proper coal-fire powered steam tug which was first launched on 1st October 1935 and on 11th November 1935 it set passage from Glasgow to Auckland. It’s all run by volunteers who are pretty friendly. We were allowed in the engine room and [...]