Curious Kiwi http://www.curiouskiwi.com the family page of the Anderson Family Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:01:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en Trip North http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2007/01/15/trip-north/ http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2007/01/15/trip-north/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:07:31 +0000 Brenda http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2007/01/15/trip-north/ My creation (by Brenda Anderson)

Wednesday morning we drove up to Napier (about 3 hours north). After checking in at Kennedy Park, we spend the afternoon walking along Marine Parade. Thursday we spent the day at Splash Planet water park in Hastings. The kids had a blast. I got sunburnt. :(

Friday morning was spent at the National Aquarium of New Zealand and then up at Bluff Hill for a view over Napier. We spent the afternoon at the campground with the kids playing in the playground and having a swim.
Saturday morning we had planned on driving home, but decide to take a side trip up to Taupo. Had lunch there and then drove home via the Desert Road, but missed seeing the volcanoes due to the very low clouds and rain. Arrived home at 6pm, very tired but happy.

Be sure to view the map to see where we were. :)

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Wednesday morning we drove up to Napier (about 3 hours north). After checking in at Kennedy Park, we spend the afternoon walking along Marine Parade. Thursday we spent the day at Splash Planet water park in Hastings. The kids had a blast. I got sunburnt. :(

Friday morning was spent at the National Aquarium of New Zealand and then up at Bluff Hill for a view over Napier. We spent the afternoon at the campground with the kids playing in the playground and having a swim.
Saturday morning we had planned on driving home, but decide to take a side trip up to Taupo. Had lunch there and then drove home via the Desert Road, but missed seeing the volcanoes due to the very low clouds and rain. Arrived home at 6pm, very tired but happy.

Be sure to view the map to see where we were. :)

]]> http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2007/01/15/trip-north/feed/ Daytrip to the Manawatu http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2006/01/09/daytrip-to-the-manawatu/ http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2006/01/09/daytrip-to-the-manawatu/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:58:46 +0000 Brenda http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2006/01/09/daytrip-to-the-manawatu/ Tokomaru Steam Engine Museum
Foxton Beach, New Zealand

Click the photos to see a larger view

We took a family day trip to the Manawatu. We had a look around Foxton, including a horsedrawn tram ride, lunch at the station tea shop, and a look at a working windpowered flour mill. Then it was off to Foxton Beach and a wander along the near empty surf beach. Finally, we headed to the Tokomaru Steam Museum for a ride on a steam engine and a look at hundreds of steam powered machines.

]]> http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2006/01/09/daytrip-to-the-manawatu/feed/ One Week to Go http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2005/04/15/one-week-to-go/ http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2005/04/15/one-week-to-go/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:54:44 +0000 Brenda http://www.curiouskiwi.com/?p=50 Only one more week before we’ll be jetting off this island on the way to the US. Unfortunately, we’re going a very round-about way. Friday night, we stay at a hotel in Wellington because our flight leaves Wellington airport at 6:15am on Saturday! From Wellington, we fly first to Melbourne (Australia), 2 hour stopover there, then to Sydney, 1 1/2 hour stopover then, then to Los Angeles. We should arrive in Los Angeles at 9:30am, which works out to just about 24 hours after we leave our Wellington hotel.

Luckily, we have a night at the Marriott Hotel at LAX, so we’ll be able to get a good nights’ sleep before resuming our journey with our flight to Boston. That leaves on Sunday morning at 8:15am and gets us into Boston at 4:40pm.

Lots to do between now & then. I’m hoping to “pack light!” this trip, as we always seem to take far too much stuff. Seeing how we’ll only really have the hands of one person to carry all the luggage (the other person being occupied with carrying Eric & his carseat!), it is a necessity.

]]> Only one more week before we’ll be jetting off this island on the way to the US. Unfortunately, we’re going a very round-about way. Friday night, we stay at a hotel in Wellington because our flight leaves Wellington airport at 6:15am on Saturday! From Wellington, we fly first to Melbourne (Australia), 2 hour stopover there, then to Sydney, 1 1/2 hour stopover then, then to Los Angeles. We should arrive in Los Angeles at 9:30am, which works out to just about 24 hours after we leave our Wellington hotel.

Luckily, we have a night at the Marriott Hotel at LAX, so we’ll be able to get a good nights’ sleep before resuming our journey with our flight to Boston. That leaves on Sunday morning at 8:15am and gets us into Boston at 4:40pm.

Lots to do between now & then. I’m hoping to “pack light!” this trip, as we always seem to take far too much stuff. Seeing how we’ll only really have the hands of one person to carry all the luggage (the other person being occupied with carrying Eric & his carseat!), it is a necessity.

]]> http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2005/04/15/one-week-to-go/feed/ Golden Roof Innsbruck http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2005/04/13/golden-roof-innsbruck/ http://www.curiouskiwi.com/2005/04/13/golden-roof-innsbruck/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:38:39 +0000 Brenda http://www.curiouskiwi.com/blog/wordpress/?p=45

golden roof innsbruck

Golden Roof Innsbruck
Originally uploaded by curiouskiwi.

It was about Day 2 or 3 of my European bus tour, when my 35mm camera just wouldn’t snap. We had just arrived in Innsbruck, Austria, and I took the only person on our tour who spoke German with me to the local camera shop (just around the corner from Innsbruck’s famous Golden Roof). She translated my problem to the camera guy, he went back into the darkroom, and came out again with a frown on his face. He handed it back and said “Das ist kaput!” I didn’t need a translation for that! :( So I spent the rest of my European trip using disposable cameras. After a couple of weeks, I bought a ‘cheap’ fixed-focus camera from a shop in Zeist, Netherlands, which I used for the rest of my trip.
But…
I met Gary on that tour, so now I can still enjoy all the photos that he took!

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golden roof innsbruck

Golden Roof Innsbruck
Originally uploaded by curiouskiwi.

It was about Day 2 or 3 of my European bus tour, when my 35mm camera just wouldn’t snap. We had just arrived in Innsbruck, Austria, and I took the only person on our tour who spoke German with me to the local camera shop (just around the corner from Innsbruck’s famous Golden Roof). She translated my problem to the camera guy, he went back into the darkroom, and came out again with a frown on his face. He handed it back and said “Das ist kaput!” I didn’t need a translation for that! :( So I spent the rest of my European trip using disposable cameras. After a couple of weeks, I bought a ‘cheap’ fixed-focus camera from a shop in Zeist, Netherlands, which I used for the rest of my trip.
But…
I met Gary on that tour, so now I can still enjoy all the photos that he took!

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