How to spend a birthday while on holiday is always a serious consideration. Holidays are special but somehow you remember what you did on your birthday for a while.
I suggested a cruise on the mail boat around Pelores Sound. After all our activities over the last couple of weeks, a day sitting on a boat, fresh air and idle chatter seemed a fitting way to end the holiday.
The cruise took about 7 hours with a short stop for lunch at Te Rawa. We cruised in and out of little bays and covered quite a distance - the Mahia Sound, Keneperu Sound and Pelores. Some memories include
I suggested a cruise on the mail boat around Pelores Sound. After all our activities over the last couple of weeks, a day sitting on a boat, fresh air and idle chatter seemed a fitting way to end the holiday.
The cruise took about 7 hours with a short stop for lunch at Te Rawa. We cruised in and out of little bays and covered quite a distance - the Mahia Sound, Keneperu Sound and Pelores. Some memories include
- understanding more about salmon fishing - how the farmers have had to build high walls to stop the seals from having an afternoon snack.
- not alot of wild life in the sounds that day - very little bird life, no seals or dolphins.
- staying in a house up the sounds would be great for a weekend - but not my thing for weeks on end - if you are into boating, fishing, jet ski then it would be just perfect.
Funniest thing we saw. A couple were unloading their dinghy. Women sat in dinghy handing stuff to the man on the jetty. All went well, until they dropped the bucket with their catch. They weren't impressed!!
We bought a book for Blake and Connie to read at our place - A Hippo came to Havelock.
In the evening, we went for dinner at a local pub.
Next day - pack up, small walk around Waikawa Bay, calm trip home - all ready to start work on our section the next day.
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