Burning heat, hot humidity, singing Cicadas and Pohutakawa trees by the beach. This is summer in Whangarei.

Whangarei was a hot one. Unfortunatly we did not put the pool up because we did not know it would be so hot, so in our shows (and after) we boiled! After our shows on hot days we all take turns at leaping in our blow up pool.

That weekend we had a J party for Jamal’s birthday. I went as a Jenie (a Genie with a J in front). There were so many different costumes; Jesus , Jellyfish, Jaguar, Jedi, Jose as in Spanish name (man wrapped in a hose) and many more.

On Monday we went to see the worlds greatest showman, an inspiring circus movie. That evening we arrived late at our park up at Taurikura bay by the base of Mt Mania with a few Gypsies.

Mt Mania looks so mysterious and unconquered. So we immediately had to conquer her. The walk up was a hot, sweaty, stair-filled, beautiful forest walk. Well well worth it. The three sixty views from the top were incredible!

After that we spent the next few days on the beach.

Waipu caves here we come! We spent a night in Waipu, then explored the amazing Waipu caves filled with luminescent glowworms. I highly recommend this activity.

That evening we waited in Orewa for the rush hour traffic to calm down, then made our way to Auckland and Craigavon park for setup the next day.

Wow! That week was a mixture of busy and calm, quite nice actually.

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