Goodbye Paihia

Hello again......before we left Paihia bay of islands I took this pic from down the road of the club

We stayed way up in the background

The front gate and I will now take you on our walk back which we did many times everyday

Up the driveway

Up another part towards the stairs 

Stairs are just past the cars

Past the large chess set

And past the pool

Head up first part of stairs

Along the boardwalk section

And yep more stairs

Another section of boardwalk

Final part of stairs up

To our driveway part past the cars

Along the front section of 3 apartments

And yes fun stairs down to our spot 😂😂

Laundry nearby for us 

Our door 

And out one balcony ☺☺

Video paul did of inside and below other parts ☺☺

I have made 9 crochet squares all end sewn in 

And now we are in Auckland Manukau till 6th and enjoying planes flying over 

Woody happy on balcony

View over to theme park

Shopping centre short walk

This morning plane flying over 

As we enjoyed a sunny breakfast

Later we took a drive here 

No steam this time 😢😢

Just the diesel. ......so a quick look and leave 

A quick lunch at this neat place.....I know full of carbs but we shared snack size thin crust so much better 😂😂

Today is easter Sunday and back at apartment maybe go out for dinner later

Thanks for dropping in and for comments too xoxoxo

Dinner cruise and dolphin rock fun

Yes me again still away.....on Monday night we went on this boat for a dinner cruise

They had 2 toilets and bar setup.....you are able to byo wine so that was handy 😆😆

There was about 30 of us from various countries and we had to take turns and introduce ourselves 😀😀

Little selfie as we headed off

It was a lovely night for it

Waitangi river basin 

We had plenty of oysters and prawns for starters 

Bit of a commentary as we cruised along

Plenty of birds

Paul socialising

We were cruising up to see some falls

The moon was out too

Getting closer to the falls 

HaruruFalls info here

They took a nice pic of us with my mobile 😃😃

It was a lovely evening and enjoyed chatting with many ☺☺

On Tuesday morning we headed off on another boat 

hole-in-the-rock-dolphin-cruise  info here 

Happy us on more fun

We left Paihia and zoomed over to Russel to pick up more passengers

Woody waved to a sail boat as we went by

Another cruise ship Sun Princess was in for the day 

Woody enjoyed his seat waiting to sight dolphins

And we saw 3 of them

Looking dark but there is a fin

Woody fell from his seat so we put him safely here 😂😂

And as we zoomed off to hole in the rock the dolphins lept in the air

2 especially loved diving in and out 😆😆

144 islands are in this are and this is one small one 😆😆

Hole in the rock with a small boat going through

Our boat was similar to this one and we were told because of conditions that we would not be going through....

Next thing we were going through.....so neat 

Us through and looking to see if other coming through

They sure did and our pilot said the other pilot was as crazy as him 😂😂

Woody happy again in window seat 😆😆

Close snaps of that cruise ship

And yesterday Thursday Woody sat on the unit window area enjoying the view

We then took a drive to visit here again....visited a few years back

Looks much better in person and LOUD 😂😂

Pretty area 

And saw a mushroom enjoying the sun 😃😃

And last night I occupied my time making 9 granny squares.....these are some of them ☺☺☺☺

And below for fun some movies Paul took 😃😃

Be back again soon....we leave here tomorrow for Auckland 🙄🙄

And HAPPY EASTER out there 🐰🐰🐰🐰