Perry's Blog

with apologies to the song, but we've both found getting back... somewhat... difficult. After saying a somewhat brief goodbye to Sandi's Dad we headed back down to Wellington to cook Andrew and Ruth dinner and to get rid of our car. Andrew took us… more »

We're back and the weather is much more normal: cool and wet. :-/ But how we got here is a story a couple of days long... Our last day up in the Bay of Islands was spent further north whilst the weather deteriorated. Spent some time on 90 mile beach s… more »

Yesterday we saw the biggest Kauri tree in the World. We also saw the second biggest and the seventh biggest, as well as many also-rans. We also discovered that tourism is a dreadful scourge, not much different to raping and pillaging in many ways. We… more »

They reckon it's 3 hours or so to drive the 296km to New Plymouth: we were not taking the drive lightly as we were not only taking Sandi's 91 year old father but also her nephew as well. The day dawned wet and drizzly, though not cold, so the driving… more »

We caught the train down to the airport (after a wee wait at Lawson train station). Very easy journey, almost door to door, though we weren't very impressed with the cost being more than what it is to drive down: don't they want us to catch the train? Th… more »

At 12:45pm we'll be leaving home for three weeks holiday in New Zealand. Ostensibly to attend our Niece's wedding in New Plymouth, we'll also be taking the time to take the air up in the Bay of Islands (although not exactly where Google marks it :D),… more »