Thursday, 30 August 2007
First Post
We are packing up the house ready for our move 'down under'. The flights are booked for September 14th 2007.
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A mum, a dad, a girl, a boy and their menagerie on the adventure of a lifetime in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Things we like about New Zealand
- All the native birds
- Anawhata Beach
- beaches
- Caitlin's thumbs
- Debs and Chris
- Dog poo beach ( Kakamatua)
- Free Broadband
- Freecycle
- haircuts
- Hammock rolling in the Laingholm staffroom
- kittens ( sometimes)
- learning about another culture
- Miss W
- My friends ( C )
- New Year in the spa pool
- our house
- peace
- Piha
- Places to visit
- playing tennis
- Rash suits
- Rockpools
- school (R)
- Seadoo
- Sir Edmund Hillary
- snow
- Sport on Saturday morning
- swimming in the creek
- the coffee shops (J)
- The great Moa Hunt
- The Greatest Little School in the Universe
- The Kiwi Quiz experience
- The lonely miaow
- the peace and quiet
- The Roundabout
- the small population
- The smell of NZ in the morning (thanks Anton for that one)
- the space (A)
- Tiritiri matangi
- Titirangi market
- Tour guides
- Trademe
- volcanoes
- Weetbix triathlon
- West Wave
- Whatipu beach
Things we don't like about NZ
- A&E
- A&E
- bad weather (R)
- bee stings
- Currents that are too strong
- disturbed nights with the dog
- low salaries
- no central heating
- No family
- NZ is too friendly ( R)
- rain
- sore throats
- sunburn
- swimmer's ear
- The distance from England
- THE DOG (Anton)
- the price of petrol
- The public sector
- Waitakere city council
- wet washing
- White tailed spiders
Books we have read
- 50 ways to kill a slug (R)
- All of the Astrosaurs Books ( Reuben)
- Alone on a wide wide sea by Michael Morpurgo (C)
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (R and C and J)
- Casino Royale by Ian Fleming ( J and C)
- Cows in Action by Steve Cole (R)
- Crazy cow saves the world almost by Jeremy Strong (R)
- Doctor Who Annual 2008 (C)
- Don't enter Alexander the Greats Army (R)
- Double Act by JW (C)
- Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz (R)
- Fantastic Four Annual (R)
- Flat Stanley ( Reuben)
- George's secret key to the universe by the Hawking family( three of us!)
- Girl Missing ( Caitlin)
- Groovy Greeks and Rotten Romans (Roo)
- Harry Potter 7 (Again!!!!) (Caitlin)
- Jack Stalwart-Japan by Elizabeth Singer Hunt (Roo)
- Just in Case by Meg Cabot ( family book)
- Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson (C)
- Maximum Ride-schools out forever by James Patterson(C)
- Northern lights by Philip Pullman (C)
- Prince Caspian by CS Lewis (J)
- Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (C)
- Ravensgate by Anthony Horowitz (C)
- Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (Roo)
- Spiderwick chronicles 1-5 plus extras by Tony Di Terlizzi and Holly Black (Caitlin)
- Starbucks saved my life ( Jo-thanks granny)
- The concise Chinese English Dictionary for lovers (J)
- The guinness book of records 2007 and 2008 (R)
- The snow spider chronicles ( CAitlin)
- The Tenderness of Wolves (J)
- The world according to Humphrey by Betty G Birney ( Caitlin)
- Where's Wally? ( all of them) R