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| Mt Taranaki (Egmont) |
We decided to book a Christmas sit on the west coast of the North Island as this seemed to be the last place in New Zealand that we had not yet explored.
On the way over from the Bay of Plenty we stopped and spent a night at the Omaru Falls.
We ended up at a lovely wee sit with two gorgeous kitties in rural Oakura, just south of New Plymouth.
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| Leo |
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| Thomas (she,her) |
It was Christmas so the Pohutukawa were out in bloom.
We had a fabulous view of the mountain from the back yard so we could keep an eye on the weather .... which was terrible! Someone said that if there is cloud covering the mountain it was raining, if there was no cloud on the mountain, it was about to rain. Never a truer word spoken in jest. And the wind! Don't mention the wind!
We managed to catch a kahawai on the breakwater one day and the cats enjoyed the off-cuts.
James got sick and the cats thought we was just laying around for their convenience.
And they entertained us plenty.
The five weeks went really quickly and it was soon time to leave. As we were only going as far as our next sit in Inglewood, we stayed the night at the freedom camping spot on the edge of Pukekura Park only to discover that there was a fabulous Christmas light display in the park.
A quick stop at a sit in Inglewood had us looking after two cats, four horses, lots of chickens and a couple of cows.
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| Four month old Aspen |
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| This old boy only came in at night for a snuggle. He didn't much like having a little brother! |
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| Ellie, the pony |
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| Jake, such a gentle man |
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| Kindred, a Kaimanawa horse, wild and absolutely beautiful |
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