Hi all!

Well - since we got the boat, the wind has been way too strong to take her out - sigh....

Just as well really, cos we've got lots done around the house.  Have chucked son out of his room to the spare room for 3 weeks whilst daughter and fiance occupy it.  We all prepared that today.  I also went rather mad and decided to wash all the windows inside and out - shattered now with an aching neck!

This morning we sorted out our IRRV and are now residents in NZ indefinitely!  The next step in 3 years time is citizenship if we want it.  With residency, we have the same rights and NZ citizens, it's just that with citizenship, we can freely travel to and live and work in Oz if we wanted to.  Not really bothered about that at the mo though!

It was very windy and 27 degrees today!  No wonder I was shattered after all that window washing - must've drunk a gallon of aloe vera juice after (lovely drink).

Guess what?!  Yesterday, a hump back whale and her baby were spotted near Waiheke Island!  (Not far from us at all).  They were en route to the Antarctic.  Apparently, they put on a really great show for onlookers - jumping out of the water and waving their tails etc.

This is what the lucky spectators would have seen!  Imagine if I saw the shadow of that under me boat on the fish finder!  Adults are usually 12 to 16 metres long!  The screen would just go black I guess!

Orca were spotted in this area about a month ago too!

David Beckham has been here with his US team, playing soccer against some unknown Auckland team.  He jumped off the Harbour Bridge twice - one dry jump and the other wet - where he hit the water in other words!

There he goes!

And here I go!

TTFN.

x Sue