Select Weekend pictures
--Sunday--
End of our block as we headed out on our bikes - Centre of NZ is the hill on the right. It's spring and things are starting to bloom.
Isel House - we rode our bikes out here for the Isel in Bloom festival. About 10kms from our place. Food, music, arts and crafts, etc. Mainly for the very young or very old.
Girls practicing their dancing, they went on in front of a 100+ person crowd right after this. Notice the pink Crocs on one of them - she took them off when she got on stage.
Some of the musical entertainment - group of about 15 bagpipers (young and old). All decked out with the little plaid dresses as well - yes, I know they are kilts.
My lunch - for some reason they serve hot dogs and brautwurst on white bread (buttered first of course). Either way, it was pretty damn good and for $1.50 the cheapest meal I've had here in some time.--Saturday--
We rode our mountain bikes about 8 miles out to The Glen (small community of about 100 houses). This is the last subdivision before the highway heads inland. There is a nice hike over those hills (Cable Bay walkway) but it can't be accessed until the lambing season is over. A couple we met a week ago lives out here.
View from the rocky beach at The Glen.
--Friday--
We drove out to Farewell Spit and Golden Bay. Walked along the beach while the tide was out. Farewell Spit is a nature reserve and one of three areas in NZ to be designated a Wetland of International Importance. You are allowed to walk the spit for 2.5kms, after that you have to take a tour. I've read there are some 100 different species of birds out here. I counted 4 but we only walked for about 45 minutes. We also didn't hit Fossil Point - baby seals are rumored to hang out here. Next time.
Tata beach - another beach we've scouted out. Looks like it will be another good swimming beach come this summer. Plus several good hikes in the area.
Pupu springs. Actually Te Waikoropupu. This is a Maori taonga (treasure) and a waahi tapu (sacred place). Some of the clearest water in the world.
posted by Don Bartkowiak @ 5:11 pm
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2 Comments:
Loved these photos. What a wondeful place to explore and so close by. You are living in paradise, and you know it. Love, Mom & Dad
It all looks very beautiful - until I got to the bratwurst with KETCHUP on it. Other than that, it really is a beautiful country!
--Mom and Richie (who doesn't agree with me on the ketchup comment!!)
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