I've been back from my holiday for over a week now, and apart from the fact that I have to catch up with all the work which piled up for me while I was away, I feel as if I've never been away.
We stayed with my brother-, sister- and mother-in-law in Tauranga and Athenree. This part of Noz, though it's as far south as Melbourne, has a clement climate, so warm and mild that in the garden of the cottage at Athenree, there was a paw-paw tree, an avocado tree, a plum tree (laden with plums), and a fig tree. Tauranga and Athenree are both on a 60 kilometer long lagoon/estuary, and beyond the coastal dune system there is a surprisingly warm sea.
We had a wonderful holiday. And now we're back at the grind. Sigh.
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| We spread our towels under this massive tree, a pohutakawa |
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| Island off the coast at Waihi beach |
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| Waihi Beach looking north |
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| Athenree estuary near holiday cottage (little spikes in the mud are baby mangroves) |
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| Athenree estuary looking inland towards mountain range |
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| Athenree estuary at twilight |
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| Near Athenree |
By the way, just in case you were wondering -- I didn't take these pics!
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