Week 4

December 11, 2016 Week 4 Sunday 11th December. Rob left late morning. After lunch we went to visit the local museum. It's relatively new and very impressive. We both like visiting these local museums and learning about the early settlement in the area. Monday 12th December. A windy day. Walk down by the boat ramp in the afternoon. Tuesday 13th December. Walk and paddle on the surf beach in the afternoon. Wednesday 14th December. Plumber came to fix the cistern which doesn't turn off properly. As we are on tank water we really don't want to be wasting water. Walk again on surf beach in the afternoon, took books and found nice, shady spot by the rocks to relax, watch the world go by and read. Thursday 15th December. Shopping trip to Warkworth. Had lunch at the Riverside cafe where, ta da!, they have free wifi! Good food as well. Then to New World to stock up on supplies before coming back home. Roads not too busy Friday 16th December. Another afternoon walk on the beach. It was easy walking along the beach in a northerly direction but once we turned round the wind was really strong. Many gusts blowing the sand along, didn't need an exfoliant! We tried to sit for a while but it was just too unpleasant. Cistern still leaking! Saturday 17th December. Market day again! Went to library, changed books, card still not laminated!! Bought veg and pasties. Rob arrived after lunch. He and I went to the op shop in Mangawhai then down to the boat ramp. N and I went down to the beach Rob stayed here to watch fishing shows and prepare dinner. Lots more people on the beach today. The first of the holiday makers. Quite a few of what seem to be holiday homes are now being occupied. Still no trouble parking though. A walk and a paddle and then managed to find somewhere in the shade to sit and read and watch. Soon the people next to us left and we moved to a more comfortable position. Now, please bear with me! I just found this fascinating. It seemed that the previous occupants of our position had had a picnic and had left a few pieces of bread on the sand. After a while a seagull landed and approached the bread but Nigel shooed him away. This became a bit of a game between Nigel and the gulls and eventually they gave up. We were there more than an hour and as we got up and prepared to leave the gulls returned! As we left our spot they immediately gobbled up the bread! We must have been under surveillance from afar! Back home to the smell of roasting pork! Felt quite spoilt today, Rob cooked dinner and Nigel cleared up afterwards! Then we sat on the deck with a glass or two and watched night fall over the estuary! Life doesn't get much better.