WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART4!!!

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Arrgh,had to start a new thread!

Yes,you can get more land in Tauranga. Well,somewhere like Omokoroa or somewhere.Wouldn't want to live much closer than that. And I woulkdn't want to live at he Mount. Lovely as it is. Too touristy,imo.
We would like enough land for a pool (eventually) maybe a sleepout and still enough for a veggie patch and garden for kids. Don't neeed acres +. Wouldn't say no though,if we could afford it! Be nice to have a few sheep or something/

I think Mum would have to fly to Tauranga. So that would be
Manchester-London,London-Singapore, Singapore-Aukland,Aukland- Tauranga
Bad.

justa howws the back? Hope physio was a help,we may have driven past you!
Your house sounds great.
My mums friend lives in Silverdale.She has about an acre with some sheep etc
Wasn't overly impressed at but didn't give it a proper look I suppose,just stopped to buy flowers for Mums friend! Always worth another look

We were at Browns Bay Beach this evening. Not until after we had decided to drive North though and ended up completely lost on a gravel road on the side of a valley with no phone signal or radio or map.

When we eventually found our way out of the wilderness, we were all starving and came across Sheep World! Well, the boys had fun, feeding and petting lambs and dp and I enjoyed the food in cafe.

I love going to the beach now. Knackers the boys right out and that's what I like? Means I can get a coffee from Starbucks, drive around for a bit, the boys fall asleep in the car just in time for me to park up somewhere and my coffee to be cool enough to drink.

Very jealous of that journey frik

Hope you get that funding justa and good news about the parking.

hahaha vvviola I really feel your pain - think of the beaches in Perth!!! long empty expanses of BAKING white sand, zero shade, temperature regularly 40 degrees in high summer, harsh light bouncing off the sand into your eyes, and of course all the usual problems (when we were there the kids were 3 and 18 mths - 3 yr-old rarely paused for breath between tantrums) exacerbated by sand-bloody-everywhere! I think I went about twice!! But I actually love beaches in less extreme circs. It was such relief to get to NZ the year after and find all these absolutely amazing beaches to explore minus the searing temperatures and with so much more variety

Oh god yes, bloody beach sand. I hate it! LOVED the beach BC (before children) massively can't be arsed with nightmare of the sand now though. We lived in Dubai years ago, and there they had a beach park which had rolling lawns with palm trees right on the edge of the sand. And that was way more my speed. Sit in the shade, watch everyone else get hot sweaty and sandy

I much prefer beaches for walking along ifyswim, I don't even mind if its cold!

Oh justa :-( that's so shit for you guys. Really really hope things are better for you soon

Christ, it's one thing after the next fpor you at the moment isn't it? Are they keeping him in tonight?

Frick jealous of your posh flight, what a fab way to make a henous flight perfectly accaptable!Dh did it when he had a press trip and he took pictures of everything! He took poictures of his steak on a cermic plate!! Such a pleb
I have had a hair dye disater today. Hair was supposed to be Amy Childs red, but is kind of...erm pinky browny red. DD said "ohhh look at your beautiful raaainbow hair!!" I look a right tool

AB I'm jealous of me, and I'm actually going!

How is ds1 today Justabout?

I have just got a phone with the Internet on for the first time EVER, it is v exciting.

Just had the mc confirmed
Hope ds is feeling better today justa although I did giggle at the gobstoppers!!

Oh justa,that sounds like you're in for a long haul.
What a nightmare. Have you got help looking after the other dcs whilst you are stuck in hospital?
Wish there was some practical help I could offer. Bit difficult from here.
(((hugs))) and

I mean

Sorry to hear about ds1 justabout. How horrible for him (and all of you)

Also sorry to hear about ds1 justabout.

god justa, that must have been such a shock to hear. i can only imagine how hard this must be for you and your family.

and AB, :-( so sorry for your loss

Sorry to hear about ds justa. If there's anything you need/I can do, just give me a shout. Have the car now so can help out a little if needs be.

((Sorry just a short one as in the middle of cooking sausages, just pork this time though ))

justabout Ditto to if you need anything just shout. We are only 30 mins from North Shore hospital (or are you at Auckland?) so can drop stuff off if you need anything. Dd1 is at school now so I have six HOURS a day with only ONE child, i don't quite know what to do with all this time yet!

AB- so sorry to hear your news.

Justabout-all sounds very stressful. Are you at Starship? I almost went crazy during my week there. If you are I hope you are in a better room than we were. I've heard that Ronald MacDonald house is worth checking out. The food options are just dire and I think they feed you.

Sending you love Justabout. What a situation. Poor DS1

lots of love justa, just been catching up - really, really hope you get home tomorrow or very soon after that. what a sitch - on top of everything else that's been going on, too. man oh man. lovely to hear about your little one's abrupt exit from chair, entry onto cricket field (hospital version thereof)...hope it's a sign of definite sustained improvement. keep us posted xxx