Hope you all had a very merry Christmas! It’s boxing day now and we’re sitting outside our tent over looking the ocean at Mount Maunganui. Christmas day was spent doing the same thing – we started the day with a big breakfast cooked on the skottel and then spent the rest of the day [...]

Tomorrow, Deb and I are heading up north for two weeks on a road trip. Our first stop is Mount Maunganui for three nights, then up to Whangaruru camp site in Oakura Bay for two nights, then up to Matauri Bay for new years, followed by four nights at Pukenui, before heading back to Wellington [...]