Thursday, May 13, 2010

Mt Maunganui - April 2010

Mum's here with us in Auckland for about 10 weeks. A few days after she arrived, we took her to Mt Maunganui which is Auckland's answer to the Gold Coast. It is surfer's paradise in summer. But we were there mid Autumn and there wasn't much activity. The beach was lovely all the same and I quite liked the fact that we had most of the beach to ourselves.


On the tram ride at Kiwi 360- the only kiwifruit orchard which is open to the public. If mum had a choice, she would have filled her bags with these luscious kiwi fruits but she was under strict instructions - NO picking. Lovely shot though!
You wouldn't normally find mum at the beach but the kids wanted a dip and she agreed to come with us. We set up the umbrella for her to shield her from the glorious sun (what a waste) since that's what she preferred... The umbrella threatened to blow away because we had south westerly winds that day so that's why she was holding on to the umbrella for dear life!

Back at the bach, mum put up a good fight against the kids at Foosball! She wasn't going to lose!
Notice her sequinned evening jacket with PJs?? What a lovely combination! I've had to ban her from using that jacket to the supermarket too!




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