She'll be coming around the mountain

A couple weekends ago we took the babies for a little train ride.

That's them pulling up the rear.  As you can see it's a mini-train which is maintained by the mini steam-powered train club (below).

 

Having tea, like good kiwi blokes.  We are so civilized here in NZ.  Check out the little engine - See the fire in there?

Here's the coal.

 

Oh, it was a fun time.

             

Wild Geese

And Sheep.

I'm not sure what's going on in the picture below.  I just want to say that Kim and I are aware of the importance of teaching children about hygiene.

Two geese looking for trouble...

...sneaking into the hen-house...a clean, hygienic hen-house. 

End of the End of the World Trip - the final chapter (part 1).

On our way home from the end of the world, we pulled through this little village, Opononi which is famous for having a pet dolphin, Opo, in the '50s.  This dolphin was very friendly and would even make you a sandwich if you asked nice. 

Just down the road is NZs largest tree.  It's a Kauri tree named Tane Mahuta which means 'lord of the forest'.  Very old (~1200 y.o.) and large.

We also had the pleasure of sampling the 'best fish and chips in NZ' at the Mangonui Fish Shop.

As most of you know, I'm a bit of a F&C connoisseur.  I found the fare here to be unremarkable.  Even though the F&C wasn't that special, the company couldn't have been better.

There's no place I would have rather been in the world.