Well we arrived at the bottom flat (aka the Chubby Balls) on Friday at about 5pm-its now Monday about 11pm and what a weekend we have had. We had a few beers and a bit of a catch up on friday night after a welcomimg meal, then Saturday we began the tourist thing. So Saturday we went to Rotorua and visited a Maori settlement where
Maoris still live-in the middle of a geothermal area, so unstable that last week a resident moved out because they had a steam gusher suddenly blasting through their kitchen floor.

Saturday evening turned into a bit of a Sunday Club, Bev & Jane stayed up and put the world to rights, with the help of wine & vodka. (Nothing new there then).


Easter Sunday saw the Chubby Balls go "Egg Hunting" at Barbara & Bala's, whilst we zipped over to Bridal Falls (hey Wordie-it was free)then we all met up on the East Coast,a surfers paradise. Not one of New Zealands better tourist attractions-but its good to get a whole round view of a country. The hire car did us proud, and fit in with the ambience of the place!!


A quick beer in the local hostelry, (by the way is the Railway on track yet?)before more Ball hospitality and a typical New Zealand in bed before midnight .
Monday saw a trip to the East Coast and wow what a great place to visit, golden sands-the weather happened to be just right (not bad for October!). The Bank Holiday traffic was well-not really happening, we didn't get held up once!



Georgia went off for a sleep over and the adults took the chance to see the hi lights of Cambridge (cough cough). The GPO was a great place to eat beats the Postal Order in Blackburn tho its the same idea. We are off to South Island tommorrow for a different view of the Kiwi culture.

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