Much of nothing

 Above two photos are of fisherman on the Tongariro River - Turangi North Island of NZ, top photo shows 5 men fishing it shows how popular this river is infact it is world famous and the lower photo of a lone fisherman was taken by myself and it is of my wonderful man - these photos were taken a good number of years ago now, I havent been back here for year so will be great to see how it has changed.

 Bags almost packed:( hope Yasmine's boot space is empty when she comes to pick us up from the airport on the 5th Sept)

Well not much to report actually except I have been pretty busy with work and home, therefore by the time I finish at night there is not enough time to do what I would love to do - CRAFT. Infact it is normally 8.15 - 8.30pm by the time I finally sign off for the day. Brian and I leave on Monday for 2wks away in NZ, 8 nights in the North Island so the lad can do a spot of long overdue Trout fishing. We leave Brisbane on Monday and fly into Auckand where we are expected to arrive at 5.30pm, we will overnight at the hotel next to the airport as it is so close seems crazy not to eh and the price was good also. The area we will be staying in is very thermal and there are many natural hot pools we will hire a private pool and go over late in the afternoon and or evening, it is a great way to relax and end the day. Tuesday 28th at 1230pm we fly to Rotorua where we will collect our rental car and drive via Taupo to Turangi where we are staying at one of the NZ Police Holiday homes for 8nights then return to Rotorua on the 5th Sept and fly to Christchurch to stay with Yasmine and family for 7nights, catching up with family mostly and a few very close friends. My oldest nephew also turns 21yr on the 29th August so we hope to catch up with him and wish him all the best. On the 12th Sept we fly home to Brisbane, collecting our car from the airport parking and drive the 1hr trip north to the Sunshine Coast - home to get back into work work work again. Roll on October when we will go away for a week locally in the caravan, as I dont have any leave left I will drive to and from work from the van park - it will still feel like being on holiday. Well folks that's about all for now will catch up with you all from NZ.