Ruffs Adventures: soap bags

Hope you are enjoying this trip with us. I know my faithful follower and commenter Teresa is 😀😀 Woody had some fun watching people going past our unit 😂

On our last day in Queenstown we visited a little zoo which takes refuge critters and boy were there a lot of ducks 😂

And peacocks too

A short video I did 😆😆

On our final night I did more crochet

And finished purple mittens

And started a soap bag ☺☺

One of the many delish meals we had out and no we did not eat the chips 😀😀

We said goodbye to Queenstown

And flew to Auckland.....you can see the snowy peaks we flew over on the Sth Island

And after a drive with 2nd hire car arrived in Taupo.....Woody was exhausted 😪😪

Today (Saturday) this is the view from our unit.....

A little tour of this unit......we have stayed here years ago....lounge/dining

Kitchen

Upstairs bathroom with shower and loo.....handy if we had others stay as sleeps 6

Now that was upstairs.....so down the stairs we go

Down to the front door

Spare room with single beds

Laundry which also has loo

Our bedroom

And ensuite with another loo 😂😂

And a patio where today our clothes dry in the sun ☺☺

Now relaxing after doing food shopping today.

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Well we have had a busy few days just doing stuff lol I completed some more mittens, actually 2 pairs

And this soap bag and also another one....feels good to complete something.....Don't ask me about that Sophie WIP......

And something a little different here for someone ☺

A crochet net back which can hold a bit of stuff and good for the environment ☺☺

We have been watching "Stranger Things" via netflix

And yes I always like taking random snaps in the evening lol

And look a little doll not quite completed but happy so far ♥♥

On Friday we trained it into the city and Woody kept his eye on the passenger in front lol

It is Chinese New Year and plenty of celebrations were happening and it was a great day for a walk

A dragon.....these towers have flames on the hour every hour and been decorated just for the Luna Year of the dog

This guy was spinning around a pole

Not very crowded YET.......

This dog reminded me of Scooby Doo lol

Many stalls of food etc were setup along the Yarra River near the Casino

Pair of pink dogs at a stage

And some panda's too....over the next 2 weeks lots of performing will happen here to celebrate

This bridge used to be a railway bridge and has been kept and now a walkway over the Yarra River Sandridge_Bridge info here ☺

And we were right near to the helipad ( a bit down the River from us) so of course took a snap ☺☺

Lovely walk along the bridge

Plenty of sculptures along the way

Beautiful day in beautiful Melbourne

We walked past some of the river cruise boats

And I spotted these bird sculptures, so neat under the trees......Thought they were permanent, but, On Sunday we saw them being taken away......shame, looked good.

And Friday night Brenton came to visit us and had a meal out before he caught the train back home ☺

On Saturday we took another walk back to the Casino to see their display for Lunar Year

Oh look a Rooster and Pig ☺☺

Another lovely day and I do love seeing the old buildings, churches, among the newer buildings ☺☺ Having been to Europe and UK I sure appreciate the buildings so much more ♥

Sarah had told me about this place Acme and some of it is free acmi.net.au/ more interesting info here.....This was fixtures which span real fast with lots of flashing lights.....so neat

Anyway lots of fun and Sat night we headed out to see those flaming Dragons

So loud and looked great so.....

I did a little movie.....just ignore the crazy young ones shouting out in the background....we had a good night and there was also White Night in Melbourne more info here he-best-and-worst-of-white-night-melbourne-2018-20180218-p4z0pt.html I did not take any pics as was so crowded lol