Whakatane fun!

Unfortunately I was working the weekend after my birthday, but to make it slightly better I was only on evening shifts over the weekend so i managed to spend a bit of time with Si who was off. Saturday we just took it easy and had a lovely lie followed by a run and chilling in Hamilton. On Sunday we went over to Bridal Veil falls where there is a really impressive waterfall, then picked up fish and chips in Raglan to eat on the beach.
The week was spent doing very little, working and chilling. At the weekend I went over to see Joe and Kathryn, unfortunately I wasn't free from work till 8am on Saturday so headed over to meet them in Rotorua on Saturday lunch time. First off we went to the climbing wall, although I'm a complete amateur I really enjoyed it. After climbing we went to get some lunch at a really nice cafe before heading over to the redwoods for a spot of mountain biking. The tracks there are really good and had such a good time, after 2 hours there we were significantly knackered enough to head back to Whakatane. On route we decided to stop at a pretty lake for a bit of a swim.....so so amazing. On getting back to Whakatane we picked up some fresh fish and chips and headed back to their flat where we spent the evening sat in their hot tub with a bottle of wine.

Sunday, Joe and Kathryn had booked a trip over to Whale Island, the last chance to go that year due to permits. The weather was amazing - got to explore the island, swim in the sea and relax on the hot water beach. After we got back we went for a lovely late lunch in town, and again went back to retire to the hot pool.

At around 7ish I headed back to Hamilton to see poor old Si who was in work all weekend (and was amazing enough to lend me the car for the weekend)