Mum, dad and Lucy came to visit in August. They flew into Auckland for a few days and then hired a campervan and travelled around the North Island for about 10 days, before returning to Auckland for a few more days. It was the middle of winter so the weather wasn’t great but there were still some nice days while they were here.
One of the days they were in Auckland we went to Piha beach, a west coast beach close to where we live. Apparently there had been some seals on the beach before we arrived but we just missed them. While we were there the tide came in and we had to climb over some rocks to get back to the car (Lucy was happy about this).
We then went for a walk to Fairy Falls, which involved a stream crossing and a large number of steps, but was quite impressive.
Another day we walked to the top of Rangitoto Island, a volcano just of the coast near Auckland. We got a boat over to the island and then spent a few hours walking around.
It was great to have them here visiting.
