Author Archives: Ross

Easter Saturday was another busy day at Whites Bay – more campers arriving and lots of families out for the day. There were lots of little Life Savers practising on the beach – it’s the home of the Rarangi Surf … Continue reading →

Easter Friday dawned a lovely day at Whites Bay. Campers were busy turning up all morning and eventually we were glad to have booked a spot. As well as campers there were a lot of day-trippers out from Blenheim so … Continue reading →

Wednesday 31 March was another lovely morning. The racecourse backs on to the golf course which fronts on to Pollard Park – Blenheim’s botanical gardens. We had a lovely walk around the golf course and through the gardens. The flowers … Continue reading →

We had to head back to Blenheim on Monday (29 March). We had some work to do at the motels helping to set up their accounting system. After our cloudy Sunday it was nice to see a bit of sun … Continue reading →

Saturday 27 March was an auspicious day – we’ve been on the road for 15 months living in Suzi. It was also a fine and warm day so we decided to go to the beach for the weekend. Blenheim was … Continue reading →

Friday was a real good catch-up day. Wyn started to replace the lining in one of the drawers – the non-skid stuff that stops things skidding. It’s great for motorhomes except it gets a bit manky after a year or … Continue reading →

Monday 22 March was going to be back-to-Blenheim day but it started out windy and got windier. There were high wind warnings out and we didn’t need to be going anywhere. Plus Wyn was trying to fight off a cold. … Continue reading →

We were keen to explore further around the coastline to the east on Sunday. We’d seen some people further around on the Saturday and it looked like low tide was the best time. We knew that Cape Campbell was further … Continue reading →

Friday 19 March and we’re headed south out of Blenheim. We were aiming for Marfells Beach, on the coast (obvious I suppose) just south of Lake Grassmere. Lake Grassmere is the place where they make salt in the ponds of … Continue reading →

Finally ….. we’re starting to catch up with ourselves – and this blog. To those of you who haven’t given up checking, I’ve just uploaded some posts catching up from early February to last week. And I’ve even had a … Continue reading →

Tuesday 9 March we pulled up at Bella Vista Blenheim; motels owned and operated by Wendy and John – my sister and brother-in-law. The plan was for us to spend a few days working with them learning the ropes and … Continue reading →

Friday 5 March was the start of our next adventure. We were off north to have a go at relief motel managing. The day was getting on by the time we left Dunedin at it was 5pm by the time … Continue reading →

Thursday 25th February was the day for moving on from the orchard. We’d been parked up there for a couple of months and it seemed strange to be packing things up and getting Suzi ship-shape for heading off. The A-frame … Continue reading →

Monday 22 February was our last week of working at the packhouse. My day started a bit late by the time I dropped Andrew off to catch the bus back to Dunedin. There was still lots of fruit to be … Continue reading →

Our last weekend in the area worked out to be a busy one. My son Andrew came up in the bus on the Friday afternoon – having a break before university started. Friends of Wyn’s called round on Saturday morning … Continue reading →