Hawkes Bay and beyond

Hawkes Bay sculptors create memorials from tree trunks.





















Hippy surfers' motorhome to add to our Pontius collection














3 days' golf at the local Napier Golf Club, picking bogeys out of nowhere.

We also got dragged into playing golf croquet with 120 other crumblies! It's very different to association croquet and a more complex game than we had thought; much more enjoyable, in our opinion, as it allows everyone to play all the time, rather than waiting ages for your partner or opponent to demolish your turn - R&R watch out!

Hamilton

After Breckenridge Lodge, we started to make our way further north to the Coromandel Peninsular. Although some rainy days ahead, we managed to look at these lovely Italianate Gardens in Hamilton.