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- Day 542
- Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 9:00 AM
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
New ZealandKopurererua Stream37°42’5” S 176°9’34” E
Day of funeral
April 22, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Emily's place after funeral service. Met up with Nigel an Brent and went in their car. This was first time Brent had met his half brother Kevin and half sister Rachael
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- Day 540–541
- April 20, 2023 at 8:00 AM - April 21, 2023
- 1 night
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- New ZealandTe Rapa37°44’8” S 175°13’42” E
Red gets Solar upgrade and new fridge
Apr 20–21, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Red went in overnight to get a solar upgrade and new inverter and new lithium batteries and new fridge 👍😊🥰
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- Day 539
- Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM
- 🌙 19 °C
- Altitude: 33 m
- New ZealandTe Rapa37°44’26” S 175°13’50” E
Lookout Bar and Kitchen
April 19, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Dinner out Marilyn and Ian. Used tablets to order. Quite cool and very efficient 👍😊
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- Day 538–542
- April 18, 2023 at 3:30 PM - April 22, 2023
- 4 nights
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- New ZealandHamilton37°45’24” S 175°15’43” E
Stay at Marilyn and Ians
Apr 18–22, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Stayed a few nights at Marilyn and Ians. They were going golfing in Queenstown Went to dinner with them and killed time before Red gets upgrade to Solar and new fridge.
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- Day 536–538
- April 16, 2023 at 12:30 AM - April 18, 2023
- 2 nights
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- New ZealandKirikiriroa Stream37°44’7” S 175°14’45” E
Borne Farm #1454 POP
Apr 16–18, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Stayed at POP called Borne Farm in Horsham Downs Hamilton. A lovely place to stay only thee others there and heaps of room. Sofia had a ball and we just chilled.
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- Day 535–539
- April 15, 2023 at 4:19 PM - April 19, 2023
- 4 nights
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- New ZealandOpaheke37°4’16” S 174°57’49” E
Papakura RSA
Apr 15–19, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Met up with Allan and Sheryl and went to dinner in club. Hayden came over larer in the evening. Stacey came over in the morning before we left and brought us coffee ☕️ 😋
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- Day 533–535
- April 13, 2023 at 10:00 AM - April 15, 2023
- 2 nights
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandMiranda Bird Sanctuary37°12’25” S 175°20’2” E
Miranda Spings Holiday Park
Apr 13–15, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The hot sptings next door was closed but the camp had a hot pool. Weather not looking good as we were going to kaiaua so we stayed here. Had a powered site. Pool was great as at 7pm it was closed toRead more
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- Day 531–533
- April 11, 2023 at 6:28 PM - April 13, 2023
- 2 nights
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- New ZealandMangawhengu Stream37°32’59” S 175°42’4” E
Te Aroha NZMCA
Apr 11–13, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Did another clean out of the bus. Mel ans Doug came to visit and had coffee. Lovely catch up.
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- Day 531
- Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- New ZealandHamilton37°45’24” S 175°15’43” E
Marilyn and Ian Marshalls
April 11, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Visited Motorhome Solar organising what they would do for our solar upgrade and then spent afternoon at Marilyn and Ian's.
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- Day 530–531
- April 10, 2023 at 2:09 PM - April 11, 2023
- 1 night
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- New ZealandHamilton West37°47’4” S 175°15’12” E
Classics Museum
Apr 10–11, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Classics museum with real wurlitzer, pictures from the 60's adorned the walls.
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- Day 529–530
- April 9, 2023 at 4:07 PM - April 10, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 368 m
- New ZealandHydro Pool38°59’40” S 175°47’57” E
Turangi NZMCA Camp
Apr 9–10, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Settled in for the evening with a glass of Nigel and Loris' present
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- Day 528
- Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8:00 AM
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- New ZealandWellington Ferry Port41°17’35” S 174°47’1” E
65th Birthday Dinner at Nicolinis
April 8, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Went to crabshack for pre birthday lunch with Nigel and Loris stayed at QT (musuem hotel). Went to Nicolinis (Italian restaurant) my birthday dinner
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- Day 524
- Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°55’1” S 174°59’52” E
Retirement day finally
April 4, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Final day at work
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- Day 517
- Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 1:47 PM
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°53’53” S 174°58’40” E
Early celebration, retirement next week
March 28, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
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- Day 510–511
- March 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM - March 22, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- New ZealandGreerton37°43’27” S 176°8’2” E
Waynes Funeral
Mar 21–22, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
After picking up red from her upgrade we drove over the Kaimai ranges through torrential rain and thunder. Kathys first time driving Red both at night and under such dreadful conditions. Stayed at theRead more
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- Day 510–515
- March 21, 2023 at 10:40 AM - March 26, 2023
- 5 nights
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°53’53” S 174°58’40” E
Paraparaumu Beach Freedom Camp
Mar 21–26, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Stayed at our favourite spot. Mort and Kathy M came as well and we went and got Pippis. Kathy M hadnt tried before but enjoyed them.
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- Day 505–510
- March 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM - March 21, 2023
- 5 nights
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandPlimmerton Beach41°4’45” S 174°52’10” E
Dean and Dianas Wedding
Mar 16–21, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Went to Plimmerton where Mort and Kathy looked after Sofia while we went to Dean and Diana's wedding on 18th.
Went to a Polish restaurant with Mort & Kath and another couple wed met from Christchurch.Read more
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- Day 501–504
- March 12, 2023 at 1:11 PM - March 15, 2023
- 3 nights
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandWaimeha Stream40°51’49” S 175°1’3” E
Waimea Waikanae FC
Mar 12–15, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Stayed a few nights
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- Day 499–501
- March 10, 2023 at 10:02 AM - March 12, 2023
- 2 nights
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New ZealandHataitai41°18’43” S 174°47’46” E
First trip over Transmission Gully
Mar 10–12, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
First trip over transmission gully. Red handled it really well infact with no problems. Stayed at Evans Bay Marina. Nikki picked us up and we visited at their place 😊
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- Day 489
- Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandPlimmerton Beach41°4’45” S 174°52’10” E
Plimmerton NZMCA Camp
February 28, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Beautiful weather and Sofia loves the dog park
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- Day 488–489
- February 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM - February 28, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandIvey Bay41°5’53” S 174°51’54” E
Ngati Toa Domain freedom camp
Feb 27–28, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Lovely spot. Sofia watching as we drove through past Pukerua bay. She loves her big screen tv. 😍 🤣
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- Day 483–487
- February 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM - February 26, 2023
- 4 nights
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°53’53” S 174°58’39” E
Paraparaumu Beach Freedom Camp
Feb 22–26, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Parked in our spot 👌 😊. Bee van parked nearby and we thought of Bridget 😊
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- Day 482–483
- February 21, 2023 at 10:00 AM - February 22, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandWaimeha Stream40°51’51” S 175°1’7” E
Waikanae Waimea Freedom Camp
Feb 21–22, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
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- Day 481–482
- February 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM - February 21, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- New ZealandLevin40°37’48” S 175°17’20” E
Levin Motor camp
Feb 20–21, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Booked in to recharge power after being off road.
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- Day 471–481
- February 10, 2023 at 12:10 PM - February 20, 2023
- 10 nights
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandFoxton Beach40°27’43” S 175°13’36” E
Foxton stay while gas lines upgraded
Feb 10–20, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Stayed at Chanelle and Gregs house in Foxton beach while Red had all her gas lines and fittings upgraded. The gas lines on the bus were the original ones and all rubber hosing like on bbqs. This isRead more