Last night we got together with the cousins on Andrew’s side of the family. We enjoyed a collection of food of magnificent proportions that grew as each carload arrived through the front door to make their contribution. The stars of the night were Uncle Neil’s lamb chops, Sister Sarah’s scalloped potatoes, Cousin Megan’s roasted pumpkin […]
During our NZ trip I was looking for housetrucks and buses that were still being used and lived in. I had seen them in books from the 1970’s, and of course from Mr Sharkeys housetruck page, but I was wondering if there were other housetrucks, weird truck conversions, house-buses, and if they still traveled the […]
Have discovered a traditional Australian game that we love. Jules introduced it to us. It is called “Squatter”. It is a game about sheep farming that replaces the american optimism with lots of doom, despair and misery. They say it is “realistic”. I guess it would be with footrot, broken fences and almost continuous drought. […]
We made it to Australia! Sorry took so long to post but I had to wrestle Andrew away from our only living computer long enough to get my photos and write this post : ) I do hope you appreciate all the trials and tribulations I go through for you. Well, the journey has been […]
Celebrated TJs 9th Birthday in New Zealand. TJ woke up with the sun. She made her way through the mist to the semi-visible car and gathered the gifts from the dash. The whole family piled into mum and dad’s tent and opened the first of her gifts. The tents were still soggy with mist when […]
Back at Ngatiawa on our way back up north. We have become quite attached to this place and the people. There is something so amazing about people choosing to live in community. You add a passion for hospitality. How about a strong desire and plan for community transformation. Now make it 8 communities within an […]
Forget hotels unless you want to go from city to city and New Zealand has way more to offer than its cities. Camping is the way to go. If you are two people the best way to explore New Zealand is in one of the many varieties of campervan we see scouring the country. You […]
So here we are in Christchurch and what do we end up doing? We ended up stayed with Noah and Kate, who still have no mains water. We have a pizza party, of course (Thanks to those who gave us money to do something special here). We then finish off with hairwraps.
We have been in Christchurch 3 times now. The first 2 times were about a week ago. Trying to find ways to help.
After a couple of initial trips into Christchurch we have gone out for some adventures in the South Island. We have seen lots and lots of sheep. We have discovered doc (Department of Conservation) campgrounds. Much cheaper than your normal campgrounds, a bit off the beaten track but worth it. We went to an observatory […]
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