taupo day 8 (sunday)

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we were up at 7 this morning to pack up and finally head home after our 7 days in taupo.

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i took the wrong turn at the municipal dump so we went back via rotorua

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so we took advantage of my mistake by having a look at some of our favourite mud pools

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we had our lunch at Tirau which is famous for its corrugated iron building sculptures

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you know the world is in a bad way when a church advertises ‘co-operating’ as something that sets it apart from other churches

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we also stopped off at cambridge to use the superloo

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and we’re finally home. and some nice people have been looking after our post and guinea pigs

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and our house smells nice.  work for me tomorrow, but the girls have another week off (although jane may be teaching a lesson tomorrow and has teacher training on thursday/friday)

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here’s a video