rawene -up north
well we were up at 6pm this morning to watch the sun rise over the volcano, it was beautiful then we walked along the coast up to milton beach, we were reluctant to leave Takapuna it is so lovely but there are other lovely places out there.
so we are officially on the road, we travelled up the east coast stopped off at the Kauri miseum (big big big trees) then drove through
Waipoua forest, and we saw 'Tane Mahuta' -king of the forest, it was amazingly huge and impressive, then we motored on and following the coast have got as far as Rawene where there is a ferry which will take a short cut for us on our way up to 90 mile (which is actaully 90 kilometers) beach to satd at the tip of the island yaaaaaay, right im off now give pete a chance..
The weekend with Essentially Men was quite an experience, and pretty difficult to describe without it sounding naff, in fact it was great to be with a fabulous bunch of Kiwis, all starting out suspicious, as men can be, and ending up being really close and nurturing with eachother. I started out a bit nervous, being among fierce blokes on the other side of the world, but they forgave me my pommeness. Hopefully they will go on to form mens group and continue to build a mens community over here. We could do with more of this in UK. I'll probably be able to write more about this experience when it's sunk in ....for the moment I would just like to honour all those wonderful men I spent the weekend with.
As for the surfing, it's been on hold, but I've been lent a boogie-board for my travels, so I'll be on the water again soon.
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It's great to be able to keep up with your travels - makes me very jealous as I sit here in Leeds! It sounds as if you have already packed a lot in. Still trying to imagine Pete on his boogie board! Take care.
Comment by Sandra— 2005/09/27 @ 10:14 AM — (Reply)
Boogie!? visions of pete boogieing on the sea. Sounds like seriously good fun.
Comment by Kerry— 2005/09/28 @ 07:47 PM — (Reply)
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