Hot Water Beach and an almost Hot Water Game

Tom and I took a day trip out on Saturday up to the Coromandle peninsular to a beach that has hot springs running underneath it. Two hours either side of low tide one can dig a hole in the sand and sit in a home-made hot spring. And hot is the word! In some places it is very, very hot. Almost as hot as it was cool in fact.

After that we went for dinner in Katikati with Rob and Penny before watching the All Blacks almost lose to the Wallabies. Much to everyone's relief (not least the coach) the filthy Aussies gave away a penalty in the closing minutes which allowed the infamous Dan Carter to pull off a trademark kick. The highlights the following day neglected to mention his mile-wide drop kick attempt earlier on in the game. Very tactful.

Tonight Shirley and Phil are back from Melbourne and we're having our fist NZ barbecue. Tomorrow we fly to another side of the world to the land of excess. It's all go when you're on holiday you know.