31 May 2009

Weekend in Whitianga

Well, so much for retirement, no time to keep all of my blogs going! Catching up now.

Back in March I went away with the Card Girls (so called because we've been playing cards for over 40 years) for a rest & relaxation weekend. We do it once a year and this year we went to Wharekaho Beach probably better known as Simpson's Beach just a few minutes the other side of Whitianga.

The weather wasn't the best that weekend but as usual we enjoyed ourselves immensely. We stayed at a wonderful bed & breakfast run by Diana & Gordon Barnaby called On The Beach and it was, literally!

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  This was the view from the lounge when we arrived.

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That night we went to the local RSA for dinner and had a lovely hot spa before bedtime.

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Next morning dawned bright & sunny, for awhile!

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After breakfast we went into Whitianga township for a spot of shopping & walking along the waterfront - until it started raining again! We then decided to catch the boat to have lunch at Ferry Landing.

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I had the most yummy whitebait fritters for lunch and completely forgot to take a photo of them!  Not that much to see at Ferry Landing but this pretty little cemetery caught my eye.

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And here we are on our way home again.

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Notice how I very artfully never have to be in the photo!  One of the girls took the plunge when we arrived home, the rest of us were too pooped!

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That night Diana & Gordon had cooked a wonderful roast dinner for us. Sunday we stopped for lunch on the way home and that was our weekend finished for another year.

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