Author Archives: Ross

We didn’t get to Franz Joseph on New Year’s Eve. We stopped at the DOC camp at Lake Paringa and liked it so stayed there the night. We managed a swim in the lake before the sun went down. Midnight … Continue reading →

We hope you had a merry Chistmas and are looking forward to a good 2012. We had a lovely family Christmas in Dunedin and have enjoyed a relaxing few days beside Lake Dunstan. The weather has been great and all … Continue reading →

This blog has been nominated for Worst Blog in the World. Good blogs should get updated at least daily. Not blogging for two months is not a good look. I apologise to anyone checking to see what became of us. … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning we farewelled Laura – back home to Dunedin and school on Monday. We took her out to the airport and watched her go. It was sad to see her off and exciting to think it’d be us there … Continue reading →

Saturday back in Blenheim we had a sort out and catch up and Sunday we started work at the motels we’d be managing for a week and a half.  It’d been 4 months since we’d left so there were a … Continue reading →

So there we were, getting blown about in Masterton. I was feeling a bit worse for wear with my back but was in good hands. Walking around was as good as anything so we went for a bit of an … Continue reading →

It took a while to get out of Raglan. We’d enjoyed our three days there and were  reluctant to leave. The afternoon was well on before we finally headed out towards Hamilton. Not far from there we turned south. We … Continue reading →

How time flies when we’re on the road. Tolaga Bay seems ages ago now. We did have a walk – to Cook’s Cove. And then moved on to Gisborne where we stayed the night and sorted a few things out … Continue reading →

At Tolaga Bay this morning. It’s taken almost a week to get around the East Cape, and been a great week. Mostly fine weather with lots of rain yesterday. Fine again today and we’re on south towards Gisborne with maybe … Continue reading →

Right! After lots of Not Doing Much we are on the road again. Finished at packhouse. No more kiwifruit. No more night shifts. Our last night was last Wednesday. It started to rain again on Friday and we were lucky … Continue reading →

Crikey! I’ve been a bad blogger – again! The trouble is we’ve been working. Work, the curse of the gypsy lifestyle! We’re now firmly into working six nights and having two nights on. There’s an end in sight but it’s … Continue reading →

We had a day off work yesterday. Sort of. We worked Tuesday night until 2am yesterday morning, which was a sort-of early finish. And with no work last night we headed off to the beach. We re-explored Makatu and went … Continue reading →

We’re still alive and well and busy and working and not working. We’re enduring the stop-start start to the kiwifruit season in Te Puke. Getting used to working nights. Trying to sleep days. Tonight was going to be a night … Continue reading →

It has been a hectic week – tidying up loose ends and catching up with people.  And fun. We’re still buzzing along on a wedding high. And coffee – lots of coffee.  And seeing some of the photos taken by … Continue reading →