More of that holiday carry-on...

So after a thoroughly relaxing knees-up in Christchurch, it was back to Auckland for some more dashing about doing this and doing that for the April hoolie-bash. That out of the way (and not a moment too soon) it was off to Whangapoua for the some concerted sitting. and barbequeing. and drinking of the beer. and sitting. Ooooh willikers it was swell. Crap-o weather on the 29th going up there followed by a week of the bluest of the blue skies and sweet no wind weather. Ooooooh Crikey. There was beach cricket, daily swims, inordinate amounts of barbequed meats, Shane and Al plaited flax to make a net for beach volley-ball, strolls hither and yon, some reeeeeaaaallll relaaaaaaaxed sitting, barbequed meats, hand crafted loaves of bread (few fishes however) from the Paul, good times, good beer, good meats barbequed well, natters, sunburn, sand here and there, sand castles, digging tunnels in the sand, barbequing meats, swimming in the briny.....Boy oh boy. Good times did abound. And the nature!!! By Crikey, more of the nature than you could shake a stick at...Oft was the time I just stood there and looked around and ended up giggling like a schoolgirl at just how sweet the NZ is...

All too soon it was time to come on back to the Japan, a last BBQ extravaganza at Ari and Donnas` on the Sunday night topped it all off and then it was off to the airport at god-knows-what-time-but-it-really-was-too-early on the Monday.

Thats when we learned a lesson.

Excess baggage charges can add up veeeewy, veeewy quickwy....

NZD460 later we got on the plane and headed out. We negotiated trains, planes and RVR`s on our way back and settled into some particularly cold weather. Nice to be back though, and we trekked away snowboarding on the Wednesday, leaving the strange situation of having been sitting on the beach in the Coromandel sunshine on Sunday afternoon and snowboarding in the Japan Alps on Wednesday morning. It was a nice day, and felt good to be back on the board after almost a year off.
We went again last weekend with Tom and are planning shooting back up next weekend and many more after that also- wOopWooP. Snowboarding is nifty.
So that was our holiday in NZ. Thanks to all that took part, my favorite part was the pies. and the beer. Have some fun out there people.
Berin Age 28.