First task for the day was to buy some supplies; primarily food and cleaning essentials. There are two major supermarket chains in NZ. Pack n Save and Countdown. The former was the closest and the obvious choice. You can imagine my disappointment when I couldn’t find any savaloys in the store. I’ve been waiting 30 years for kiwi savaloys and they didn’t have any. Fortunately Countdown came to my rescue.
A large bag of 12. However I won’t be able to eat any tonight as I’m having dinner with our daughter, son-in-law and five grandsons. Tomorrow night isn’t looking much better.
The remainder of the day was spent shopping and wandering around Whangarei.
Initially I assumed this was an eastern orthodox church spire down near the town basin. However it’s a tourist attraction.
The moorings in the town basin are obviously popular
The red ketch is our eldest grandsons newly purchased yacht. A steel hull built in Cornwall, UK in 1991. Sailed to the Falkland Islands where it remained for 15 years before eventually arriving in NZ.
The Town Basin has been redeveloped
The ‘Bridge of Canopies’. It wasn’t here when we lived in Whangarei 30 years ago.
That evening I met everyone at Split Restaurant. It’s ‘Split’ as in the Balkans. Many Yugoslav's migrated to this part of NZ drawn by the hunt for gum (Amber) which was quite valuable.
An enjoyable evening.
Five grandsons – Niko, Carlin, Giovan, me, Vittori & Mettaio
Niko and his partner Alarna
Mettaio (No4), Carlin (No1) and Giovan (No5)
Vittori (No3) with our daughter, Dale
Dale and our son-in-law, Aaron
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Five good looking grandsons Tom, that's quite a tribe. So nice that you enjoyed family time together.
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