It was New Years Eve, I was feeling blue, was I homesick, was I tired or was it a New Year thing. On New Years Day though I made a list of all the things and stuff we had done during 2009. Now lists alwys make me feel better and this one brought a wow to my lips and a smile to my face.
- Went camping at Goat Island and tried my hand at snorkeling for the first time
- Gob smacked at the Chinese Lantern Festival
- Walked the Routeburn track - another one of the 9 Great Walks
- Moved into our place and very quickly made a house a home
- Peeped at Mt Cook through the cloud and starred at glaciers
- Took part in the Round the Bays walk
- Mountian Biking at Woodhill Park, and so inspired brought bikes
- Chilled out at the VW National Show in Napier
- Took a trailer ride to Cape Kidnappers
- Visted a lot of vineyards, all over the place
- Took a Seafood Cooking Class
- Attended a few shows; Cats, My Fair Lady, French and Saunders
- Climbed Mt Rangitoto
- Weekended on Waiheke (more vineyards here)
- Visited Auckland Zoo, MOTAT and the Martime Museum
- Admired the sculpture at Aucklands Botoanic Gardens
- Another visit to Sheepworld, plus had a go at sheep shearing
- Managed two days of skiing
- Went to an ECO Festival
- Had a great day at the Howick Historical Village
- Went on a week tour of Northland, seeing the Rainbow Warrior Memorial, Ninety Mile Beach, Cape Reanga and trying to break my arm
- Did the art trial in KeriKeri
- Visited several of Aucklands Nature Reserves and Parks
- Had a Day on the Green with the Proclaimers and The B52s
- Made countless trips to the cinema (and I feel this may be a whole new list in the making for 2010)
- Started exploring the beaches around Auckland to discover which is the best one to swim in
- Christmas Day on the Beach
- Adam went to Austailia and I went to the UK
- Painted our own plates at 'Paint the Earth'
- Made our own Christmas Cards
- Created our first vegetable patch, eating our own homegrown tomatoes for the first time
- Had some really Happy Camping in the Coromandel
Bring on 2010.
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