holidays!
well seeing as I've started a new job, I don't have any leave to take days off. So because of this, I'm taking full advantage of long weekends. 26-29 January saw Auckland Anniversary on Monday 29th, therefore making a 3 day weekend.
Cameron, Rachel, Debra and myself headed to Taupo on Friday evening for some relaxation out of the cities (Debra's from Auckland). We stayed in a tiny cabin at the Great Lakes Holiday Park, which is just out of Taupo, on the way to Acacia Bay. It was about 5km from town, so far away enough to be peaceful, but close enough to still get into town.
We got to Taupo at about 7.30pm, and after checking in then finding something for dinner, Friday was written off.
On Saturday we had a nice sleep-in and then headed into town. We decided to cruise and just relax. We went and played mini-putt. Beautiful scenery as it's right on the lake front - good thing really, as we were behind 3 groups of the SLOWEST players EVER! The sun was hot but we were happy to just be enjoying the fine weather. We then got some makings of a picnic lunch and sat by the lakeside. It was beautiful! Now that was holiday mode! In the afternoon we pushed Debra off the cliff. OK OK, she jumped. We managed to convince her to do a bungy jump!! So much easier to talk about than do! There is no way you'll catch me doing that! For the rest of the weekend, Debra was buzzing!!! See her blog site for photos! Saturday night we had a bbq at the camp with a few drinks. It was a nice relaxing evening!
On Sunday we decided to go out to Taupo Adventure Park to see what's out there. Besides a VERY high ropes course, they had an animal farm, buggy kart things and a maze. They all cost the earth except the maze, so we opted for that. Of course I was the last one through it! We all went seperate directions on entering the maze. I wanted to follow my instincts but I thought I should try a different way than everyone else, to be fair. Of course, I would've got out a lot sooner, had I listened to myself!! We had a cruisy afternoon and got dressed up to go out for dinner. We went to a steakhouse. I thought I'd splash out and get a scotch fillet! Dumb idea. Half of it was gristle and fat. Not overlly impressed. Dessert was fantastic though! We wandered the streets for a bit then took a bit of a drive to see the lights and sights of Taupo!
Monday we just headed home and had another sleep!!!! WHAT?! We couldn't sleep-in as we had to check out by 10am!
I really enjoyed the weekend and was just great to hang out with some mates and relax.
Cameron, Rachel, Debra and myself headed to Taupo on Friday evening for some relaxation out of the cities (Debra's from Auckland). We stayed in a tiny cabin at the Great Lakes Holiday Park, which is just out of Taupo, on the way to Acacia Bay. It was about 5km from town, so far away enough to be peaceful, but close enough to still get into town.
We got to Taupo at about 7.30pm, and after checking in then finding something for dinner, Friday was written off.
On Saturday we had a nice sleep-in and then headed into town. We decided to cruise and just relax. We went and played mini-putt. Beautiful scenery as it's right on the lake front - good thing really, as we were behind 3 groups of the SLOWEST players EVER! The sun was hot but we were happy to just be enjoying the fine weather. We then got some makings of a picnic lunch and sat by the lakeside. It was beautiful! Now that was holiday mode! In the afternoon we pushed Debra off the cliff. OK OK, she jumped. We managed to convince her to do a bungy jump!! So much easier to talk about than do! There is no way you'll catch me doing that! For the rest of the weekend, Debra was buzzing!!! See her blog site for photos! Saturday night we had a bbq at the camp with a few drinks. It was a nice relaxing evening!
On Sunday we decided to go out to Taupo Adventure Park to see what's out there. Besides a VERY high ropes course, they had an animal farm, buggy kart things and a maze. They all cost the earth except the maze, so we opted for that. Of course I was the last one through it! We all went seperate directions on entering the maze. I wanted to follow my instincts but I thought I should try a different way than everyone else, to be fair. Of course, I would've got out a lot sooner, had I listened to myself!! We had a cruisy afternoon and got dressed up to go out for dinner. We went to a steakhouse. I thought I'd splash out and get a scotch fillet! Dumb idea. Half of it was gristle and fat. Not overlly impressed. Dessert was fantastic though! We wandered the streets for a bit then took a bit of a drive to see the lights and sights of Taupo!
Monday we just headed home and had another sleep!!!! WHAT?! We couldn't sleep-in as we had to check out by 10am!
I really enjoyed the weekend and was just great to hang out with some mates and relax.
posted by Jacki @ 8:53 pm
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