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Trips/Events so far...
34. May 08 - Max and his many buddies With our families stranded 12,000 miles away, we've been really well looked after by lots of lovely friends.

33. 11/05/08 - Max Arrives Auckland Central Hospital, it's all happening! (it's GDots b'day too)

32. 20/03/08 - Easter at Port Jackson on the Coromandel. We sneeked in another camping trip before Baby O arrives!

31. 10/03/08 - Phil Kitesurfing Just to show you Phil and his new kiteboard....

30. 08/03/08 - Camping at Shakespear Point We had beautiful weather for a cheeky camping trip just outside Auckland.
29. 20/02/08 - The Fultons in Auckland Paul and Bridget, Rory & Niamh have been staying just round the corner and we've done some fun things.
28. 29/01/08 - Billie and Crazy Kayak Phil's great friend from Guetamala get's a crazy kiwi welcome on the harbour.
27. 29/01/08 - America's Cup Sailing Dad and I took a ride on a rather smart sailing yacht!
26 23/01/08 - Mum and Dad, Take 3 John and Julie's third trip out to New Zealand
25. 19/01/08 - Rich and Lucy for the day In between the hours spent untangling kite lines and hobbling about with a pranged knee, we had a great day!
24. 14/01/08 - Matai Bay with the Pasties Back from the UK, we decided we needed a few days of sun, so we headed up North to join the Pastiroff family camping.
23. 15/12/07 - Hong Kong En route to the UK we stopped off in Hong Kong to visit Stoksey and visit Jo's old haunts.
22. 25/11/07 - Tongariro Crossing With Jo fresh out of hospital, mum, dad and I decided a nine hour hike was the obvious thing to do! :)
21. 19/08/07 - A great day! Thanks to Nick&Debs and Shorty & Nick, Phil and I had a great time flying over South Auckland.
20. 06/07/07 - White Island Trip Jo didn't see any proper active volcanoes in Hawaii, so we headed off to White Island volcano to see a real one that smokes!
19. 08/07/07 - Jo went on a school trip to Hawaii Not bad for a GEO trip eh!!
18. 24/05/07 - Marau Cres update Once our visitors had left for the summer, we set to work putting in the bathroom they had all done without!
17. 26/03/07 - Lloyd Brothers in NZ! Matt and Hugo arrived for some fun in the Coromandel and on South Island (click here for the 2nd page). Click here to see LOTR set that Phil and I visited.
16. 24/03/07 - Andy & Nicole's wedding in Sydney Jo nipped across the Tasman to join Clark and Lloyd families at this wonderful celebration.
15. 10/02/07 - Tutukaka We went for a weekend's adventuring north of Auckland to try out our new put-put boat and Phil's kitesurfer.
14. 25/01/07 - Visitors 2007 This summer we've had fab times with John & Julie, Frostie, Rob and Bev, Lauren, Shorty& Nick and Nick & Debs.
 
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13. 06/01/07 - top of the SOUTH ISLAND TOUR We took the car across NZ to explore the top of the South Island, do a cheeky White Water Kayak Trip (click here) and see some of the spectacular sights.(click here for 2nd South Island page)..
12. 01/01/07 - RAROTONGA!!! On the way back across the Pacific we stopped off for 3 incredible days in the Cook Islands.
11. 25/12/06 - Christmas in the UK Absolutely shattered, we boarded a plane to the UK after much jandal-selling and DIY.
10. 07/09/06 - Sept news This is when all the DIY began....we exchanged on Marau Cres and moved into a permanent state of chaos and hard-work. Click here and here for links to other DIY pages.
9. 13/08/06 - Jean, Mick and a 12m kite. What fun to have Jean and Mick to play - kite-flying, mountain biking, etc. We can't wait until they move here!
8. 22/07/06 - Skiing!! We've got skis, boots, season passes and bones to break - so we haven't hung around! Also this month, you can check out this page for general around the house chat.
7. 03/06/06 - Queen's Birthday Surf. Ironically NZ give have a holiday to help celebrate the Queens birthday...so we went surfing!! [Equivalent of December in the UK!]
Tongariro Crossing 6. 19/05/06 - Tongariro Crossing. A quick 24hr excursion from Auckland tackled one of NZ's greatest Great Walks.
5. 29/04/06 - Queenstown. Joey organised an adventure packed week doen in New Zealand's famed South Island for our Easter break
4. 15/04/06 - Easter with SJ and family. We had a brilliant Easter down near Hawkes Bay with Joey's old university room mate SJ and her cool family.
3. 02/03/06 - Coromandel. Kayaking through the marine reserve, lying in hot springs on the beach and a cheeky pony trek!
2. 25/02/06 - Bay of Islands. Sailing, snorkling, blue skies, turquoise seas...pretty idylic...jealous yet? :)
1. 15/02/06 - John and Julie for a weekend flyby. Phewph...keeping up with Commander and Mrs Lloyd on a whistle-stop tour...really good fun.