boomsmas on holiday

We have left the beach to Alison and Christopher who volunteered to look after Willow while we go to New Zealand for a wedding.

 

Michael, son of David's brother Richard, is marrying Catherine, whose parents live in Wellington, so we have joined forces with Richard and his wife Ilga and are en route to Wellington for the ceremony.

 

We landed in Auckland then set out in a hire car for Lake Taupo.

Richard's GPS is determined to take us via the shortest possible route which means up and down steep hills, through quiet valleys and over dirt tracks,  making for an exciting trip with marvellous scenery.

 

 

No-one on this dirt road but us and some cows

David and Richard watching the sunset over Lake Taupo.
The next day a sky-diving plane crashed into the lake - no casualties