It drizzled through Christmas and poured through New Years. Well, it was no different at our next holiday destination. Well, we got a couple of days with sunny mornings, but it rained in the afternoons. So we made the most of the sunlight we got!

John being dragged by his niece Olivia. Awesome.

The front 9 are from the Gavin bach. Wonderful wonderful hot pools.

The baches at Lake Tarawera have a couple of competitions the baches hold every New Years. We always enjoy the croquet and pentaque ones.

The petanque competition is also called C*cks in Frocks (ie all the boys wear dresses). Rob and Pam won the competition!

Though winning the petanque competition was one highlight for Rob, the other was catching his first trout after 7 years of fishing at Lake Tarawera. We reckon the hat did it.

We were also treated to a fire dancing show by one of Jacqui’s brother’s friends. Brilliant.

A fantastic few days. Thanks so much for having us Gavin whanau! It’s always fun. 🙂