Well you got last nights blog this morning. So here is this evenings.
Today Penny had another morning of conference to do so we had to entertain ourselves. Nik had decided to spend the day meeting up with all his friends, but they all ended up being unavailable so we took a wander to the surf to see what the waves were doing. It was a mill pond. So far every bit of sea we have seen has been flat as a flat thing, no surf to be had at all and everyones saying it all happened last week. Bugger.
Instead we took a walk across the rivers and esturies. Basically we noodled about in the roasting hot sun. Sorry to hear you are all experiencing snow at the moment. Dont worry in a weeks time we will be landing in it. BOOOO.
At lunch time we picked up Penny and headed off to the shops to fix a wardrobe malfuction. Nik had packed the wrong trousers which is a bad idea for a pregnant Penny. Then there was ice cream and more walking. We took some very nice strawberries for a trip to the surf club to eat and then wandeded over to the gallery to see a new exhibition that Niks friend Bruce was filming. I liked Bruce, he decided it was a pick on Nik day and was entertaining. I also learned that a Maori Legend seems to be coming true.
There is a legend here that Mount Taranaki and (possibly) Mount Rangatoto which are two volcanoes fell out over a hill they were both dating (for lack of better terminology for two rock formations getting molten on eachother). Taranaki losrt the battle and was forced to leave the centre of the island and come to the west coast. Maori wont live between the two volcanoes just in case Taranaki decides to go back and have another dust up. It turns out, according to the geological reports that Taranaki is actually now showing signs of moving back! There is a good reason for this. Taranaki isnt actually made of rock but is made of shingle that has been pushed up. This also explains why its a perfect cone shape. As, in geological terms, its not a static rock it can bugger about as it chooses. I liked this and deicided sometimes there is method in the madness of stories.
Whilst on the beach I found the worlds best Gandalf wixards staff and took it from the beach, to give to Nik on our departure. We bought sand paper and Ive been preparing it this evening. Ive had a lot of people coming out asking me what I was up to and be impressed with my big stick LOL.
Through sanding said stick this evening Faye and I managed to pick up a pair of the Dirtiest Nurses you have ever had the fortune to meet. They were in town for the Tatoo festival and got roaring drunk with us and had some brilliantly crude stories. Michelle has a possum tatooed about her person (Posterior) and Mel as far as we can tell doesnt. They finally went out dancing at about 10pm and left us and Nik to go chat to the german kids in the next field. Thats where we have left him. Hopefully he will find his way back to his room.
Hope everyone is well and warm.
Ive got sun tan! Love you all
Tui and Kiwi (awake).
xxxxx
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