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Aug. 2nd, 2011 05:11 pmWe went up the Wanganui river road today, it was a good trip and lovely seeing the views and rain in the valleys. It was a lot longer than we remembered!
( Valleys )We went up the Wanganui river road today, it was a good trip and lovely seeing the views and rain in the valleys. It was a lot longer than we remembered!
( Valleys )
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Aug. 2nd, 2011 12:43 pmOkay, no more detailed descriptions for a while and lets get this thing going. Second half of the Taranaki Loop.
Oh, I've tried to fix the hover alt's as well, if you like to read those :]
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Jul. 17th, 2011 10:13 pmThe whole family got to go on a trip this time! We went to do the Taranaki Loop, today we mostly did Route 45.
We stopped at a little beach not long into the drive and explored a cool pier with big waves washing onto it now and then, then went over the beach to check out an old ship wreck! It's been there years. Jen climbed on it and I got some pics, then she took pics as I climbed on it....and promptly got soaked by a huuuge wave, which Jen didn't get pics of! Haha typical.
From there we carried on with the tour and saw loads of things, including those in the pictures below :]
( Loads more pics )
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Jul. 16th, 2011 05:05 pmOur last day in Taupo we explored the falls again, we just can't help ourselves XD We spent an hour or so at a honey shop, where they had bees in hives and videos on the process.
We left not long after that so we could look at some things on our way back home. First we went to a trout farm which now charges so we didn't go in (cheapskates! XD) and then onto have lunch before heading down the desert road by mistake. I didn't mind, I'd wanted to go that way anyway XD
We went up Ruapehu then to find a waterfall and see the view, it was pretty cold and windy but was worth it, the waterfall wasn't the one Dad was originally thinking of but i thought it was pretty awesome X3
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Jul. 16th, 2011 04:20 pmMaccies for breakfast, which in Taupo has a little aeroplane to sit in and eat too X3
I wanted to see a place called Orakei Korako today, another place we've seen before but i think you should see again XD It was really expensive to get in this time though, so it could be the last time we go. It's a natural thing, all caused by the thermal activity of the area. I was a little disappointed in that they closed off one of my favourite areas, a massive cave, but since no one was around me and Jen went down into the cave anyway and mooched at the warm water pool at the bottom, one of only 2 known in the world apparently!
We also had a closer look around Huka falls today, my camera doesn't do it justice i don't think, this thing is huge and so blue.
( Views today )
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Jul. 16th, 2011 04:06 pmI'm so lazy, I know...
Today me, Dad and Jen went up to Taupo lake, Mum had to work unfortunately. We had a good time exploring all the places we know of and finding a couple of new places like a lake under the mountains.
We found a motel to stay in that was really nice and cheap too =D
( Sorry, tons of pics again )
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Jul. 7th, 2011 05:55 pmExploring again. Today we went to both Durie Hill towers to climb and look at the view, grabbed some more ice cream then headed out past Virginia lake to another smaller lake, which we walked around before going to the Basin Reserve gardens. It's really well kept there too and we explored for quite a while.
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Jul. 7th, 2011 04:16 pmToday Me, Dad and Jen went on an explore of the local towns. First we went to Marton, then onto Bulls for lunch, and finally although we were supposed to go to Fielding too I distracted everyone and made us go to Palmy so we could check out the park there! Unfortunately it was half term so no playing on the playground :c
( Exploration Day )
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Jul. 6th, 2011 11:10 pmToday I have way too many pics to post up cause we did so much, so I'll split it into two entries to save loading times a little x.-
In the morning Mum had to sleep as she was working the night again, so me, Dad & Jen went out to a local view point and had an explore, trying to see some peacocks we'd only caught a glimpse of. Rush managed to find a really smelly old bone too xd
In the afternoon we all went to Virginia lake today to see what it is like these days, of course it hasn't changed a lot, it's still a well-tended place while a peaceful atmosphere and lots to see. I particularly liked the greenhouse which had a really nice display of lots of tropical species. The bird aviary was also really good (all this is free too!) and i took way too many pictures of interesting birds X3
Okay, here's the first 5 from the morning.
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Jul. 6th, 2011 10:10 pmWe went to visit my Aunty Diane today up the Waitotara valley, and while she and Mum were chatting, Jen, Dad, Troy & I went with my Uncle Chris on a quad bike tour of their farm land, it's quite big! I was a fun quad ride too and got us out the house for an hour or so :]
The old car is one that was someone's pride and joy, and it now left as it is on the side of the road. The nest is just one me and Mum found while walking to the shop and back :]
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Jul. 5th, 2011 05:28 pmOkay, sorry about the test posts, it appears that backdating them is causing the problem. For now I'll just put the date at the top then when LJ stops being a nob I'll put them back to the correct dates. If you pop along to my LJ you'll find the other entries down a bit if you're interested ^^;
So today was my first full day in NZ!
We went into Wanganui to Mum & Jen's favourite cafe, then had a bit of a mooch and shop before heading back home. I explored the gardens and it's changed a lot! Mum has worked really hard on it!
I also said hi to all the sheep, and of course my baby CC x333 Her flock has grown quite a bit so I also got some pics of the lambs/sheep that had been born since I left x3
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Apr. 17th, 2011 10:22 pmSo I finally got to NZ, woot! I had a little more problem though, just as I thought it would all be easy once I'd been issued my boarding pass for the small flight down to Wanganui, my home town, but that was before I actually looked at it! It was someone else's that I'd been given by mistake...fail. It took a while to rearrange but they got my luggage off the wrong plane (thankfully) and I put it onto the conveyor for my actual flight and then then I waited for a few more hours to catch it XD
Once I was at Wanganui I was going to get a taxi to my Mum's house, but waited for 10mins or so first to make sure Dad wouldn't turn up for me first (we were meant to arrive together the day before but obv that didn't work out) anyway, Dad did turn up! He had told my sister that he had a package of beermats to pick up XD
She was pretty surprised, it was brilliant XD We drove back to her house and I met Troy her boyfriend who was also pretty surprised to see me. After grabbing some energy drink we then shifted onto Mum's house.
Dad and Jen went in first and then a few mins later I rang the doorbell and Dad told Mum to go get it. The door is frosted too so she didn't have any idea! It was a really good reunion and we spent the rest of the evening chatting and chatting some more until I had to go to sleep about 8.30.
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Apr. 16th, 2011 12:13 amOkay so we're back here again.
I had a good night's sleep at the Pan Pacific, so much that I couldn't get up in time for breakfast, but then what's new? XD
After I'd packed & checked out I had lunch (also free, woo!) and then went over to see when check-in would be for my flight to NZ. It turned out that I could check in right away, but that I'd have about a 8/9hour wait till the actual flight XD So I hung about the airport, looking shops, getting Starbucks and just being glad the next step was just to get on the plane, which I boarded at about 10pm :]
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Apr. 15th, 2011 10:45 pmOf course most of this day was taken up with flying, it takes about 14 hours to go from the UK to Kuala Lumpur. I think I only slept for a few hours I was so happy to be mooching on the plane XD
Anyway, we landed well and I then had the task to find out how I was supposed to claim my free hotel room in this strange airport. It took a lot more stress but I got there eventually, finding I could walk to the hotel with the voucher I'd been given through a big tunnel attached to the airport. The hotel was something else! It was astounded and it sure made the 'hotel' I work in look like a run down garage rented out to people xp
I was given 3 free meals as well, and once I got to my room I spent hours lounging, cooling down, reading and finally relaxing knowing that most of the hard stuff was over.
I eventually went downstairs for dinner about KL 10pm and had some great food from a massive buffet, it was awesome!
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Apr. 8th, 2011 01:17 amI didn't do much today but went out to Horsehay after running Tony to work. I wanted to see the steamtrains they have there but they weren't running today but I still had a good wander around the lake that's there, having a bit of an explore in a wood and sitting on a fishing plank writing for a while. I manage to amuse myself one way or another /lame XD
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Mar. 15th, 2011 12:50 amLong trip today, to Lincolnshire! We won a car on ebay a couple of days ago and so went to collect it. We are going to get rid of the hyundai in a couple of weeks so we wanted a smaller car. Unfortunately I din't get many pics today and none of the car we went to get *duhhs* It's really chavvy anyway XD
The fist pic is pretty much the entire of lincolnshire- flat, green and foggy XD The others are randoms from a stop off at a service station :]
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Mar. 13th, 2011 12:28 amI went out for a dawdle drive today but didn't go far, even though it was sunny, I'm losing my inspiration a little. The lake looked really nice anyway.
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Feb. 23rd, 2011 05:38 pmAlright, today I decided to actually /do something/. I dropped Tony off at work, faffed about getting petrol a bit then made my way over to Cound, a tiny village near Shrewsbury. The country lanes there are dead scary in a car you're not sure the width of :x I'm glad no one was behind me as I edged the sharp corners at about 2 miles an hour x.X
I didn't do a lot in Cound, the beauty of it is in the snowdrops that come up in thousands this time of year, so I just relaxed, took photos and went for a dawdle. I even messed about posing a couple of the pullips I took while there weren't any other walkers about XD
Oh yeah, the last picture is faint, but it's of a bat! It was hunting in a clearing when it was so light out! I don't know quite what was going on with that.
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Feb. 8th, 2011 08:38 pmToday me and dad went down to Ironbridge as the river is really high and so they have put up the flood defences, also the weather was really nice so it was a good excuse to be out x3
( More around Ironbridge )
