When People Went To Town

 This is downtown Tauranga in '73. Just 2 years before Rob and I met up.

I found the picture and hundreds more on Mad On New Zealand

A fantastic site indeed.

Farewell

 Friends from the Mount, called at the Mount on their cruise. We went out to see the ship The Celebrity Edge depart.

The Lads Again

Just for fun. Here are the lads, dad (right) and uncle (left), when they were young.

Lewis

Kulum Park fun

Lewis is now in the football scene.

Jay (Orange)

Jay, has a strong boot on him. I discovered this when being the target in the goal.

Keeping The Kids Active

 A holiday weekend challenge. What to do now...

I love these adventures with Jay and Lewis.

Out and About

 In the bush at McLaren

Lewis levitating!

Who's that?

Jay

Road home

Downtown

Rob and the lads

Just Rob. AKA Nana

Jay

Finally set up my Microscope for imaging. Bit of a mission.

Downtown Tauranga

Three Kiwis'

Surf Champs Main Beach

 Mt Maunganui. Circa 2008

Team effort

Rainy Holiday Day

 The lads and I were at a loose end so they did flag designs and I did jigsaw.

Flag of Jayden

Flag of Lewis

Some old dudes effort. (Native Canadian Indian design)

Various

Thomas gets a new motorbike and the young guys are impressed. 

Lewis, Jayden, Thomas

Finally Lewis pulls that wobbly tooth out.

My basic coffee art. What a joke... Taste was great.

Smoke and steam cloud from White Island. Showing off the end of Motiti Island and taken from the Mount.

Waves hitting Mount rocks from the swell on the weekend.

Out and About

Double rainbow on Fergy Park

Nana showing of her muscles on Mount main beach.

Jay (right) and Lewis on top of Mount Drury (Hopukiore)

Nana and the lads on top of Leasure Island (Moturiki Island) with the Mount in the background.

 

Black & White Days

 Just revisiting some of these. Taken locally in the 80's

From the top of Mt Maunganui (Mauao). The changes are amazing.

Sanfords Seafoods and the Mount. Now we have a very large container wharf right in this spot.

Very few locals are likely to remember this, when it was open. It was a wreck in the 80's. I liked it especially as it appeared to still be well hooked up to the power and phones?!

Hot Spot Dairy. A well known Mount meeting place.

Tauranga harbour racing.

Mount wharf