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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.

All ready to end of season jungle party.

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.

Group chunder of chips and tomato sauce.

 

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Caroline bay in Timaru.

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After our Christchurch and Ashburton fairs we rolled on to Timaru. If you ever go to Timaru I strongly recommend visiting Caroline bay down by the port.

To get there you have to drive the loop. A very fascinating  piece of road indeed. The loop allows you to quickly descend down to water level from the town above the cliffs. We set up the extravaganza  in a park right in the middle of the loop. Dad beeped the trucks horn the whole way up around the loop when we left. It was very EMBARRASSING!
Our cousin Ijann joined us for our Ashburton and Timaru fairs. He enjoyed making bubbles almost as much as he hated my cuddles!

Caroline bay itself is a wonderful piece of art. Theres the cool glass elevator and the quaint rose garden and of course you cant forget the
huge playground with the awesome slide and then there is the bird avery with all kinds of exotic and brilliant birds! Last but not least there is the beach, soft sands, gently lapping waves and great for swimming in the summer.

Opps! I almost forgot about the snails! They live among the rocks and early in the morning you can see their silvery slimmey trails. A tell tail sign that they have been there.