Hi everyone! Jill here!
Well, we have just been taking it easy for the past few days, it’s been great! On Monday, we spent the day not doing a lot. We took a walk across the fields to the river that runs alongside the farm and then spent the afternoon in Gore, the nearest town. We discovered that Gore is the world capital of brown trout fishing! So there you go.
We also had a go at shooting and the boys took us fishing at the river in the evening. We’re turning into hunters!!! Didn’t catch much, apart from weeds and sticks!
Jill shows them how it's done
Yesterday, Jonny spent the afternoon on the farm with Wayne, employed in various tasks such as opening and closing gates when required. Gill and I went shopping!!
So it has been lovely just relaxing and enjoying being in a house again, and not having to move about all the time. They are looking after us really well, and it’s great seeing them all again!
Today, however, we set off for a few days round the Catlin’s on the south coast. We made a few interesting stops today. First was to see some sealions at Waipapa point. I wanted to go right up to them, but Jonny (probably very wisely) wouldn’t let me! The warnings were everywhere about staying well away! Next stop was lunch, in a place (you cannot say town) called Niagara! We followed the sign for ‘Niagara Falls’ to see what it was all about. Turns out, it was being ironic. New Zealand’s version is a little stream! The sign even had a big picture of the American Falls…in case people get mixed up!
But we have already been there!
Then it was on to our stop for the night, at a place called Chaslands. We took a drive to the waterfall beside the camp site – McLeans Falls. We had a lovely walk through the forest, and the waterfall was very impressive. So lots of waterfalls today!
Much more impressive
The weather was lovely all day, but started to get a bit cooler by the time we eventually arrived at a beach this afternoon, and we were eaten alive by flies when we tried to site on the sand, so we soon gave up on that!
So it was back to the camp site to make dinner, and we’re now sitting in the resident restaurant - the Whistling Frog cafe, surfing the web!
So that’s about all our excitement for now!
Jill
