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Easter rally in Fairlie

7/4/2013

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Drove to Fairlie on Good Friday and joined about 50 other vans for the combined Otago/South Canterbury Rally.  The rally had all the usual gatherings  - morning tea and happy hours plus a couple of extras like the walk in the park and some games involving hard boiled eggs.  Ray actually won one event the throwing of an egg a massive 29 meters however he was beaten by Carol who threw 35meters, a great time was had by all including a dinner on Saturday night in the local hall which was catered for by the ladies from the local marching club, there were some items and a musical interlude by some South Canterbury members on piano and saxophones which was fantastic. At the raffles we won a prize which was a bonus for the weekend.   Monday saw the local A & P Society show which was huge, apparently the biggest in the South Island, we met up with some East Taieri neighbours for some browsing the stalls and lunch, then hit the road mid afternoon to head home via the Mackenzie country.

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Stopped in Tekapo to have a cup of coffee and admire the view, on a beautiful day, then after a tour around Twizel we stopped beside the Ahuriri river, just outside of Omarama for the night.  Woke to a cool morning with the hint of a frost and watched the mountains above the early morning fog as it burned off by the rising sun.

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After breakfast we went for a walk up the river then headed for home with stops in Omarama and Oamaru.  It was a really good weekend and we are so looking forward to our new life which will start in 3 weeks  Woo Hoo  

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This is the forrunner for our on the road blog  

8/1/2013

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Carey's Bay vista 26.12.12
Christmas Day 2012
Had a very liesurly start to the day being woken by Eve & Max phoning to tell us about theirSanta presents!  What lucky kids.   We went for a big walk around the village of Outram before a liesurly breakfast and opening of our presents! We spent the day getting organised (packing) the van ready for our first big adcventure a whole week away in it
Then it was onto Christmas Dinner at Careys Bay 
We celebrated dinner at nighttime at Jo and Steves home in the Bay, with the Kidstons (minus Carrie, Tama and Kids), Ethel, (Steves Mum) and a neighbour Chris.  We decided to take the van down since we were heading away for a week on Boxing Day.  Had a lovely dinner, Steve was the head chef and we all contributed in different ways.  Was an exceptionally hot day but by evening the sea fog started to come in and it cooled us down.   
We were having a very peaceful sleep until 7.04 when the Bin man arrived to empty same right next door to where we were parked!  The day loomed overcast, cold and damp.  Jo and Steve came down to check out our pad, I think it got the tick of approval.  The news from Texas is that Julia and James got engaged on Christmas Day and that it was snowing in Texas.  We had skyped Lyn and John earlier in the day.  
We headed out of the Bay about 10.30 heading to Dunback (13km inland from Palmerston) a drop inn centre for all NZMCA members.  There are about 7 other vans there when we arrived and we are pleased to report we were in time for happy hour, which is at 4.30 where ever you are, a great way to meet new friends.  
Will come back later with the next note.

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Mystery rally

3/1/2013

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The weekend of the 22 - 24th of January saw the Otago mystery rally which involved a Friday afternoon historical tour of the Taieri ( Margaret driving on this occasion), finishing up at the Taieri showgrounds.  The A & P show was being held on the Saturday and a big crowd enjoyed all the fun of the fair including show jumping, dog trialling with ducks in stead of sheep, a very funny spectacle.  There were some competitions going on showing the skills of big diggers.  A very hot but enjoyable weekend was had by all (about 20 vans in attendance), including a couple of late nights by some people watching the Aussi open tennis finals. Met a couple of people from the North Island who were traveling on their own.  We invited them to Saturdays happy hour and loved hearing about their time on the road.
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