Monday, 2 April 2018

Tuesday 3rd April Waipu Cove

Tuesday 3rd Apri

Going home today, but first we had to take Eliza to her Kindy group just down the road:

Here we are in the car park:


This is foyer:


This is inside the kindy itself with all the stuff:


She was quite settled so off we went, back to Kihikihi.

Sunday, 1 April 2018

Monday 2nd April Waipu Caves

Monday 2nd April - Waipu Caves

In the afternoon we went for a drive with James and Julia up to the Waipu Caves. Here we are at the entrance.

Limestone gravestones by the car park.


Up to the entrance to the bush.


Walking in to the cave entrance.


At the start


This was as far as we wanted to go


Looking back to the entrance


The on we went onto the bush walk


Here is the Guardian of the Forest


Forest Ferns



Up the hill


To the rocky hilltop



Monday 2nd April Waipu Cove

Monday 2nd April

The weather has been perfect every day - blue skies, blue seas and little wind.

This morning after breakfast we went down to Waipu:



... to visit the museum


It was a sad and inspiring place all at the same time. Sad, because thousands of Gaelic speaking Highlanders got evicted from their lands and homes to make way for sheep and inspiring when you read about their two major journeys to find their "Promised Land" under the leadership of Norman McLeod.


Heading back out of town we passed this nice old building now a medical centre:


Tuesday 3rd April Waipu Cove

Tuesday 3rd Apri Going home today,   but first we had to take Eliza to her Kindy group just down the road: Here we are in the car park: ...