Mosgiel

Thursday was all about the amazing scenery of the Catlins. We ended up doing a quick trip around the area in just one day. We had been going to take a few days but the weather was pretty miserable and our nieces and their families were going to be all together on Friday so we just flicked around in the single day. It was stunning. We took a few side roads to Slope Point, Curio Bay and Niagara. Slope Point is the southern most point of the south island. Curio Bay has spectacular scenery. All very wild and rugged. The petrified forest is there and some huge bull kelp. Also a cafe for a very welcome hot drink!
Niagara has an NZMCA camp and a very mini version of the big Niagara Falls!
We'll come back in summer to explore properly.
However our adventure for the day hadn't even begun!! We'd had Brighton beach recommended to us as a good place to stay so we asked Mrs Google to take us there!! By the time we got close it was dark so imagine our reaction when the road she took us on was over hills that were extremely steep!! Not much fun towing a giant caravan over. Then add in switchback roads and when we got there, the caravan parking was filled up with little vans!! Some short anglo saxon words were flying!! We found a lesser hill and came across to Mosgiel. We were very happy to be finally parked up!
Friday was all about people. We had a morning tea appointment with our nieces and their families. It was just delightful!! Wee nearly 4 yr old Phoebe presented me with some artwork that will be very precious!! We had pikelets for morning tea and lots of fun with the kids. Paul went for a walk with Noah and Alice. No ducks but lots of chatter and great company!
In the afternoon we visited my cousin, Roger and his partner, Shirley. We had a great time and reminisced about a lot of our shared past.
Late afternoon we met up with my long time friend, Lyn Chapman and her husband, Tony. Again, great remembering going on and Lyn even had some photos to share.
Today we had planned to move on but it's blowing gales here so have decided to have a caravan day!! Bliss!
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