Carnival at Kiwi Festival

This weekend marked the last of the nights (for a few weeks at least anyway!)
After having a nice lazy Friday afternoon trying to catch up with sleep, Si and I decided to head out to the rugby too watch the Chiefs 1st home match in the super 14s, unfortunately it was also their 1st loss. After a stunning start with 3 tries in the 1st 15 mins (unconverted) they then fell apart and lost 23-18 big disappointment, and they still showed their faces in our drinking establishment after - the shame!!!
After a heavy night (without Si, as he was working the next day) I got up Sat morning to head over to Tauranga to see Will and Zoe. After spending lunchtime/ afternoon on the beach in the baking sun we headed over to Carnival at kiwi festival which is a music festival with Kiwi bands such as Tahuna breaks, Matakana sound machine and Kora. Really good evening, and the sun shone despite forecasts of rain, a few beers later and lots of dancing we headed back to Will and Zoes for the night where Will decided to cook us our breakfast a few hours early as we were STARVING!
Sunday morning Will awoke us with a cup of tea (think this was his bartering tool to get us out and into the surf) Had a good hour or to in the water before our hunger caught up with us. Had a lovely brunch on the Mount followed by more surf! Unfortunately Niamh's car decided to stop working so we decided Niamh might just have to call in sick in the morning (maybe my persuasion - all the Kiwi's do and she was only on relief), I was lucky to be off anyway.

After 10mins we had Niamh's car working again but she was so enthusiastic about calling in sick we decided to stay anyway. That night we had a lovely BBQ at Will and Zoes and settled down a little tired in front of the tele with a nice glass of wine.

This morning, Will had to go to work so Zoe, Niamh and I headed back to the beach - the beach is literally across the road, you can see the sea from there apartment - its AMAZING!!

Zoe sat and read her book while Niamh and I hit the surf again!

What a great weekend, shame I'm back in Hamilton (make me think about moving to the coast!)
Out round to a friends tonight for takeaway and DVD, with another day off tomorrow to hit the Surf with Si (he's not in till 4)

What a life.......