As for activities other than lots of conversation, lots of eating, a fair bit of drinking and a lot of remarking how cute the baby was we really didn’t do much else- oh and the family really turned the good weather on for us, it rained almost from the moment we arrived to the moment we left.
Our time wasn’t completely lazy and as a family we took a day out at Lindale, a small complex of shops and eateries and a small farm, which you can take a brief walk around for a small fee. It’s an interesting little area and gives you the chance to meet some of the friendliest farm animals you’ll ever meet- and greediest.
After that we stopped off for an ice cream, what was without a doubt the nicest ice cream we had in our time across NZ. What of little Will I hear you ask… well he slept through the whole thing.
Our next day we decided to take advantage of the rental car and drove down to Paraparaumu, a small beachside resort a short trip from Waikanae. Unfortunately being as useless as we are sometimes we forgot the camera, anyway we took a pleasant stroll along the black beach and then had a lunch at 180 degrees- which in all fairness was amazing. From here we took a drive up to Otaki in search of a walk we had heard about in the national park area, anyway 30 minutes later some very winding gravel roads with fords, unstable edges and sharp drops into the gorge below, we made a joint decision that it was time to head back…… that and the fact if was starting to rain.
Our time in Waikanae had sadly come to end, however positively only a few days before we head to Sydney and we still have the Overlander from Wellington to Auckland to look forward to.
Hello, wow the adventure so far sounds amazing! Hope you had a safe trip to Sydney! lots of love Sam xxx (and of course pete who was very upset you didint try snowboarding) :-)
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