Ohope beach is abundant with soft sand, views of White island and a fun playground.

Mum was not there, so I helped Dad in the shop a lot. That weekend I did two magic shows a day since we weren’t doing our family circus.

On the Saturday night the grounds flooded and six inches of water went flowing through our shop and the rest of the Extravaganza. It had all soaked away by the time I had woken up.

Mels , Jonas and the Ducklings (the nick name for the crew that travel with Mels and Jonas) were away at Splore festival. With them was the stage ,cafe and ice cream shop, so since there was a spare slot, a local real fruit ice cream truck joined us for the weekend. Yay!

On Monday we walked to a beach north of Ohope, We took a rotten watermellon.

Later we went to Pikowai campground (one of our favorite spots) and waited for Mum to come back. She arrived laden with chocolate mice, ducks and frogs, my favorite! At Pikowai there is a sand bank which we played on for hours, pushing each other off and sliding down.

Tuesday saw us on our way to Madame Feathers tea party in Te puke. We sat and drank dainty cups of tea, ate delicate slices and remembered Madame Feather whilst listening to Leonard Cohen, her favorite singer. Madame Feather was a well loved Gypsy, rest in peace Madame Feather.

Thursday we stayed at Motiti reserve in Papamoa.

Early the next morning we setup on the grounds. That was a nice family week. Bye!