Mowing.....and the jobs begin!!
18. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I knew K had a list of jobs for me today so I insisted we start the day at Vanessas cafe with a coffee, pie and paper!
After our delicious breakfast it was a walk around K’s paddocks listing moreLes mer
7 loads of laundry and a flight
19. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A cracking day of beautiful NZ summer weather here today from start to finish. Loving the fact it doesn’t get dark until 9.45pm.
We spent the day unpacking and sorting... and washing!! 7 loads ofLes mer
Oamaru- town day
20. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Big day today as no jobs because it was “ town day”!!
K, Mary and I drove into Oamaru armed with a list of jobs each.
These included a visit to the Stihl shop to get the blade changed on the weedLes mer
One clean caravan and guests visiting!!
21. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A v productive 3 hours was spent thoroughly cleaning the inside of the caravan including the fridge and oven which was v satisfying when finished- despite demolishing my rubber gloves and using aboutLes mer
Moeraki
22. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Moeraki put on beautiful colours for us today.
The new fish and chip “shop/container” has had a great new paint job although I’m not too sure the Moeraki Tavern just behind is happy with theLes mer
Fleurs
22. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Great way to start the day with a coffee at Fleurs after an eggs bene breakfast at home.
Fleurs never fails to disappoint or look fabulous or just fill the soul with happy feelings.
After coffee weLes mer
Sea swim and yellow eyed penguins
22. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
So we started the day with a cooked breakfast at home, walk around Moeraki, followed by coffee at Fleurs as per previous posts.
Just to continue a top day Ryan and I spent a good 45 mins in the seaLes mer
See ya Carol and Ryan/ Hello clean truck
23. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We started the morning with a lovely 5kms walk from home, along the beach to Vanessa’s cafe in Hampden for breakfast.
Due to a pre-planned car drop off we drove home as the tide was too high to walkLes mer
Work, work, work, work, work
24. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A hot and sunny day and all we did was work, work, work, work, work, work- zizzing more weeds and thistles, cleared all grass from around the fish at the gate, swapped the broken wooden gate with aLes mer
K’s first Park Run and a treat of Cats
25. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Early start as up at 6am to drive to Dunedin for K’s first park run and the first run for both of us in about a year!!
We arrived at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens in plenty of time to join about 200Les mer
Relaxing day and the rugby sevens
26. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Any day that starts with a coffee at Fleurs is a good day. Sadly we didn’t get a picture of the seal asleep outside that required a warning sign for the diners at Fleurs.
Our coffee was followed byLes mer
A new pet plant and a surprise WOF
27. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Another busy and productive day in the sunshine.
Caravan registered and warranted-now nearly ready for sale if anyone wants a cracking caravan?? Val??!!!
New succulent bought and planted afterLes mer
Vanessa’s was closed!!!
28. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Woke up to a beautifully sunny day. The caravan took another 2 hours to clean the pop top- nearly, nearly ready to list it.
Mary kindly drove us up to Hampden so we could go to Vanessa’s for a wellLes mer
Trip planning, a plumber and a tool rail
29. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
After yesterday we decided to head straight to Vanessas for an early coffee and the newspaper before today’s work commenced ( yep it’s still not a holiday!), so at 8am we trudged through the doorLes mer
Oamaru and the caravan is listed!
30. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
We started the day with coffee and the newspaper in Steam cafe, Oamaru as we had to go to town to get some materials for the tool rack.
https://steamcaf.weebly.com/
After a productive couple of hoursLes mer
Katiki beach & more trip planning
31. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Several hours this am was spent in front of the screens down at Mary’s continuing with the trip planning- any top tips for Argentina much appreciated.
Lunch back at home was followed by a few shortLes mer
Kate’s PB and a day in Dunedin
1. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
An early start to arrive in Dunedin for our second Park Run at 8am. We scoped out a new post run coffee shop before we even arrived.
Once in situ in the Botanical gardens we couldn’t help butLes mer
Fleurs and dinner at the neighbours
2. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We started off the day with coffee at Fleurs with Raymonda and Jenny, the start of Mary’s pre bday celebrations for a catch up.
Back home it was a bit of baking and lunch before having a coffee withLes mer
Happy Birthday Meem
3. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Sadly our plans to go for a bday drive to Central with Mary were curtailed due to rain and gale force winds.
Due to this K decided it was a good time to spend a couple of hours “tidying up”. ThisLes mer
An early start and Elton John
4. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Today started early with a meeting with Otago Regional Council about some trees ( our responsibility) during which time we had to work out how to get out of bed without flashing Gary and the possibleLes mer
Elton John - the concert
4. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Great concert - he has still got it at 73! As did the drummer Ray Cooper- what a legend?!.
Still raining and wheelie bin bags did us well getting back to the truck. The great car park had us out ofLes mer
Work,work,work,work,work!!!
5. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After a bit of a sleep in, it was up and at it by 10am. Make hay whilst the sun shines, so in this case it was mow lawns to be able to pile and sort timber, lift and sort timber, sort lots of stuffLes mer
Coffee, caravan and cracking tickets
6. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Today started off with bringing the caravan up to ours and one last final spruce up in preparation for 2 viewings.
Next it was off to the Kaik for coffee with Jenny and Raymonda- this was specialLes mer
Tidying up the bottom paddock
7. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Had a slow start to the day by the time we had filled up with fuel ( have to drive 20 mins for the cheapest diesel!), bought some eggs from the egg farm and went to the roadside vege stall for rhubarbLes mer
Tidying up the bottom paddock Day 2
8. februar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Same as yesterday really. It was freezing first thing this am and then the sun came out and it was boiling- the forecast was rain all day which is why we cancelled going to Dunedin for our weekly ParkLes mer































































































































































































Reisende
Safety thongs and all!
Reisende
Beautiful photo
ReisendeHome are lovely x