New Zealand
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Day 419 – The Harbourside Market
At a leisurely pace, we get up and have some coffees before getting ready for the day Dave found out that there’s a weekly market held on Sundays so we grab the bus into the city – it’s only around $2.50 each! We reach Cable Street and the market is for fresh fruit and veg…
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Day 418 – Slow Saturday
We have some toast and coffee while we wake up and then get ready for the day Today, there’s a market on down the road from us so we head out to investigate It’s a small knick-knack and fresh produce market hosted in a church, which is organised by a local animal charity We have…
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Day 417 – Shop till we drop
A little lie in today and we enjoy coffees from our new machine, Dave so lovingly cleaned, and some mince pies for breakfast Eventually, we get ready and head out to Palace Café for a couple of coffees and a date scone to share We’re going round the op shops again for some other items…
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Day 416 – Our new home, sweet home!
This morning, we’re up with coffee before getting ready, checking out and getting to a nearby bus stop for before 9 am We catch the 83 north and arrive into Petone, Lower Hutt, right in front of The District building; the entrance is round the side and we’re welcomed by a representative of our estate…
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Day 415 – Welly-bound
This morning, Dave is up for a virtual job interview so we prepare him with coffee and a small breakfast and then finish packing We bid farewell to our family’s home again and catch the bus to nearby Auckland’s Britomart station Around the corner, basically, is Snickel Lane where we get a coffee each, from…
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Day 414 – Celebrating the failure to explode parliament
A slow morning with coffee and toast for breakfast before we get ready and head out to the local mall The hilly walk isn’t too bad after working on the orchard – I think we’re both a little fitter now! We get to Glenfield Mall and grab a Pizza Hut meal box each Making the…
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Day 413 – On the road again
A bit of a rubbish sleep but we have our usual coffee to wake up properly before getting ready for the day and checking out Another Macca’s breakfast today With a few hours to kill today, we wander to a Fat Camel for a couple coffees while we do some work As it gets around…
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Day 412 – Exploring Whangārei
Later start than usual with coffee and a quick dash to catch Macca’s breakfast Down to Fat Camel again to have a couple coffees: a cappuccino and a flat white With not much of a plan today, we decide to get in the spirit for our new place we have waiting for us in Welly…
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Day 411 – Freedom!
We wake up to have coffee and breakfast, trying to get through almost all of the grocery supplies we purchased to be here The orchard isn’t too far away from Whangārei but it’s a decent walk and, with our luggage, it would probably be best to get a lift; sadly, all the people who might…
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Days 395 – 410 – Picking kiwis for kiwis
We make our way to the northern outskirts of Auckland to grab the coach to Whangārei and it’s a bit of a tough 2.5 hours, with the vehicle being full and a group of loud people behind us, but we arrive around the Town Basin First point of call is to grab some groceries, of…