Hi Chums. Today we went for a walk with some new friends and their children. We went to Karangahake, which is south of Auckland, and a place where they used to mine for gold in years gone by.
Here we are setting off.
A really fun part of the walk was through a tunnel which was about 1km long. We had brought our torches.
We also introduced our new friends to geocaching, which they seemed to be very enthusiastic about, even we only found 2 out of 4 caches.
After a cup of coffee or ice block (ice lolly in English)the young people had a dip in the river.
The drive home took us through Paeroa. This is where the famous NZ drink Lemon and Paeroa, also known as L & P is made. Lemon & Paeroa can be found only in New Zealand and in specialty New Zealand stores abroad. Its advertising slogan “World Famous in New Zealand” has become a popular New Zealand saying meaning very well known locally, but not receiving recognition overseas. It tastes quite nice.
When we got home we put Dave’s Christmas bird feeder up.
See ya