Monday, 5 February 2018

Tuesday Feb 6th - Waitangi Day!

New Zealand’s most important national holiday.  We celebrated this morning with a long walk on the beach.  All kind of beach activities were underway, swimming, surfing, horseback riding..... and some fishing.  New Zealanders take their surf fishing seriously with all manner of devices from long line rods, fishing equipped atv’s, and even a self swimming robot that pulls a long line from the shore to which a bunch of hooks are strung.  When we asked what they were after they said ‘fish!’

Serious fishing atv.


Reel and robot launch.




After that Julian and Scott embarked on the ambitious task of buying and subsequently installing a new tv and a coffee maker.  Encouraging results on both fronts.  Meanwhile The and Monique kept the kids amused.

Tonight we went as a family to the local watering hole - The Pap House - good beer, good wine, good food, good times!







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