OPEN HOME CANCELLED

Well well well!! What a week. Saw the house a couple of weeks ago and loved it to death. put in crazy low offer expecting to get laughed out of the door but.................they accepted!!!! Horaghh!!

So on the day of the move all went really well until we turned up here - and the vendors hadn't moved out!! No one told them that we were actually moving that day!! our removal company had to move them out and then us - in!1 What a nightmare. Anyway - we're in and love it. Here are some piccies of our first couple of days and the views which are awe.some

How big is that erse?????!!!!!!

No Longer Billy No Mates - horaghhh!!!





We (at last) got some mates - we were becoming a couple of billies!! Anyway - they invited us to their beach house at Waihi Beach to do some surfing. Thankfully,

we couldn't get into the shed where the surf boards were (forgot the key!!) as the water was freezin. We had a really great time and most of weekend was spent in pub!

A Tuesday Night Stroll After Work





Can anyone believe that we've travelled half way round the globe only to live in bloddy Birkenhead - good thing here is - your wheels are safe!!

This area is actually considered one of the less desirable areas - can you believe that!! We think its gorgeous - but some areas are completely idyllic!

Now what's this pile of old crap doing here then we hear you ask!!! Well this is a fantastic scheme opertaed by the city council. Once a year, you are allowed to throw all your rubbish out into the street and it lies there for 2 weeks. In that time,anyone can come along and take what they want (Ok for the record - we'd never be seen dead taking old crap away) and most of the stuff has actually gone!!! People turn up with vanms taking as much as they can - its a brilliant scheme. The remaining stuff is now being collected by the council but there's not a lot left.

A Rainy & Cold Day Out




OK - enough already!!!. The weather has turned really bad and we think all the rain on the globe has landed on Auckland!! Will it never stop!!!!

On this day we decided to go out anyway and it actually brightened up - horaghh!!

We went to a beach called PIHA Beach which has black sand. The waves are awesome and thus a surfer's paradise. When we got down to the beach - we found hundreds of people surfing - bit too cold for us though!!

What is truly amazing about the Kiwi's is that the rain will never deter them from getting the BBQ out. These people were having the best time ever - we really wanted to join in!

We saw some people getting rescued out of the water - the currents are really severe and some surfers got dragged out.