Shopping, shopping, shopping! In Palmerston North after the fair we spent the morning shopping for winter cloths for the boys. We went to the bank and Mum and Dad paid us all for the North Island. I felt proud of myself. To celebrate we went to a cool cafe.

We drove to Masterton in a flurry of excitement. Through the Manawatu Gorge which is now closed indefinitely due to a massive slip.

We parked at Auntie Carolyn and Uncle Des’s  land with Jola Josie. It was a lovely family filled two nights including a sleep-over with Nana and Pa. Next it was off to Lyall bay, Wellington.

Lyall bay is a place in Wellington from which you can see the Airport with planes taking off and landing. You can also see the ferries going to and fro. There are lots of cool rock pools to play in as well as pretty Paua shells.

On Thursday we had a town day. We went to Te papa and the Sushi train restaurant with our cousins Deleshia and Ijaan. It was lots of fun and very windy.

We set up for our very last fair of the season in Petone!

It was only a one day fair because we had the end of season party on Saturday night and did not want to trade the next day.

We spent Sunday getting everyone out of the mud before a strong southerly wind hit and blew waves over the grounds. We missed our ferry since we were stuck in mud. By the time we got out, crossings were cancelled because of the wind.  We crossed a day later and it was rough enough.