thursday

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jane’s sister Binky and our niece Sarah arrived from the UK today so jane and the girls met them at the airport then took them for a walk down long bay

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meanwhile mum and i went on our own adventure.  we started at West Lynn Gardens which has a butterfly house

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then we had lunch in a turkish restaurant in titirangi

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mum had a massive turkish breakfast for lunch

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followed by a trip round the new art gallery (the restaurant is in the old art gallery)

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then we drove around the waitakere ranges looking at the view

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we regrouped back at the house where we observed our new mountain of shreddies

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and sarah and kezia had a swim

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