Saturday, September 26, 2009

Week 2 - Day 7 - Arrived at Bay Of Plenty


On our way to Tauranga we stopped off for coffee in Cambridge. Outside the information building was this life size bronze of a mare and foal. It is so life like.



The drive was quite interesting today. It was like a miniature trip across Canada. Throught the Raglan hills down to the plains through Camberidge and back into the mountinous area of Tauranga.

Tauranga has a great expanse of sea shore with lovely white sand beaches. Quite a change from the jet black iron sands around Raglan.

This holiday home is fantastic. It truly is like staying in a spa home. It is so new, clean and warm! There are camelia bushes in pink, white and red, along with lemon trees and palms growing around the back garden. There are cyclamines flowering unders the palms. Out front they have geranium bushes. Oh, and we ate Tangelos straight from the tree!

We have a lovely patio with a barbecue, heated pool and spa jacuzzi. They had a well drilled that is 400 meters deep to tap into the hot water below. It heats the house, pool, jacuzzi and the bathtub in both the holiday home and the main home.

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