Xmas and New Year have come and gone and now it’s on with the journey.
We woke up on Xmas Day at the Nelson orchard where we had been working.
Santa hadn’t caught up with our temporary address so Dan and I exchanged gifts.
Breakfast of cherries from Geraldine started the day’s festivities.
A kiwi Xmas at the beach was on the agenda so off to Golden Bay.
From Takaka we headed to the coast through the hole in the rock at Pohara.
Just over the hill is a neat little beach called Ligar Bay.
Back in December 1642 Abel Tasman lost a few of his crew at this bay when some local Maori bros threw them in a big pot and cooked them.
Xmas Day tradition has me preparing a ham for the main meal of the day.
Basting a small ham with rum and sweet chilli sauce turned out to be a great success.
The more observant amongst you will have noticed the halo that appropriately adorns my head!
We shared our Xmas meal with a couple we worked with at the apple orchard.
Jason is an Aussie and Tracey hails from Canada.
Neither of them had previously experienced a Xmas Day at the beach.
Dan the pyromaniac rounded out our evening with yet another fire.
We drifted up the Golden Bay coast and stopped at Farewell Spit.
This is sunrise at Puponga.
In this shot one of the subjects is a lazy fat blubbery mammal - the other is a seal.
This place ranks highly as one of the best beaches in the country.
We are at Wharariki Beach just around the corner from Cape Farewell.
It is said that all good things must come to an end, and so too for our Father and Son adventure.
Five months, 7000 kilometres, a lot of our country, great company, great places, great fun, treasured memories.
What more can a man ask for?
Our last supper was at the Smokehouse Café on the inlet at Mapua in Tasman Bay.
Five months, 7000 kilometres, a lot of our country, great company, great places, great fun, treasured memories.
What more can a man ask for?
Our last supper was at the Smokehouse Café on the inlet at Mapua in Tasman Bay.
Dan has remained in Nelson for the summer doing seasonal orchard work.
I am back in the north island to do some serious golfing and fishing in the far north.
Hope your new year is going to be a great one.
Good luck to all your families.
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