Had a great day in Turangi, we borrowed some mountain bikes and cycled along the river path, it was about 15km and lovely, if a bit challenging in parts - mainly because I've never riden a bike with more than 3 gears before! So trying to anticipate which gear for a sudden hill was interesting, and resulted in quite a bit if walking too - anyway it was a bit of a giggle. The afternoon had us white water rafting, which was brilliant, we were on the water for about 2 1/2 hours: very well organised, they even gave us a beer and a hot dog at the end.
Sunday we travelled south again on highway 1 and ended up in the afternoon at Wiakanae - about an hour before Wellington. We called in on Pauline and Friedl and lots of other family arrived, and we had a great time getting to know everyone and working out relationships. The BBQ was well cooked by Friedl outside, under cover, while it rained cats and dogs! - we ate inside:) later in the evening we drove down to Wellington with John and Janice where we are staying for 2 nights. I think we've worked out that John and Pauline must be my 2nd cousins. John and Janice said the lived up a few steps - an understatement! I'll try and get some photos later, but we drove up a steep hill with a couple of hairpin bends, then carried our luggage (well - Steve and John did) up loads of steps to the house, there are fantastic views though. More later.
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