January 12, 2013
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Saturday 12th January
Tim & Seb went out early to get some mussel work done while it was calm.
The forecast was looking a bit feisty for the next few days.
I was up at 6am too cuz Bri, Nick & Abby had said they were leaving then.
There was no sign of them so I did some other stuff.
I decided to get things ready because Tim & I were going to a party when he got back in from work.
Just wasn't to sure when that would be!
Finally just before 9am the travellers came in to say goodbye.
They were heading back to Christchurch via the Molesworth.
Bri & Abby were planning on mountian biking through and then they were going to crash in the hotpools at Hanmer to recover
Anson, Marah, Ella & Dave went out fishing in the morning.
When they got home Ella went swimming with Mahalia & Azzan.
I made several pizzas to take with us and then made a large aubergine stack casserole for dinner.
Finally made it into the shower after 11am.
Tim came back and got ready.
Johnny & Jane sailed in the bay so we chatted with them for a few minutes before we hopped into Anson's boat.
It is a 5m KiwiKraft with a 70hp Suzuki on the back.
It was quite breezy when we left so we put on our warm gear and donned our life jackets.
Took Tim a few minutes to suss out all the dials and how the boat operates!
Clouds to the north east were gorgeous
It was quite choppy but the trip was a lot faster than the drive or in our boat.
To drive it would've taken over an hour on a very rough gravel road and in our boat it would also take an hour.
We got there in just over 35 mins.
The only patch that was a bit nasty was going across the entrance to Waitata Bay.
I was hanging on and trying to prevent my face from planting on the alumnium dashboard in front of me!
We arrived at Canoe Bay around 2pm.
The tide was on the way out so it took Tim a wee while to suss out where to leave the boat safely.
There were heaps of people there already as the official starting time was 11:30am.
But despite us being somewhat late, we were still there in plenty of time for lunch.
Rossi & brother James
Rossi & Doug - 40 years of wedded bliss being celebrated today
A friend cranked up his accordian and soon the singing began in great gusto.
Herb & Tim enjoying a catch up.
The party spread out on to the beach.
Fantastic playground for kids!
Rossi's eldest daughter Pippi Ayesha is a circus performer.
Loved her eyelashes
Younger daughter Petra had the misfortune of falling whilst carrying a cake down the hill and sprained her ankle quite badly.
Harder still being 31 weeks pregnant.
The chair made a great zimmer frame
James's 3 daughters
Melody, Olivia & Heidi.
Knew these girls when they were barely school age - where had the time gone?
Olivia and I are Facebook buddies now
The girls entertaining the crowd.
I was sad we had to leave as they were so good.
But it was 6pm already and we needed to get back home.
Their music was echoing around the bay as we left.
Tim had a wee problem when we went to the boat.
It was out too far and stern rope was too tight so he had to strip off his boots and socks
and wade out to get it.
You can see that his legs don't get to see the light of day much these days
The kids and dogs were having lots of fun in the water
Ocean was wanting to be Tim's big helper.
He seemed a trifle sad that we were leaving - he was pretty keen to get onboard the boat too!
The wind had dropped quite a lot so the ride home was not as bumpy.
Leann & Cat had taken Jane & Johnny for a drive and walk around the farm and they had not long come in.
Leann was heating dinner.
Inbar & Aviv had picked black currants and plums for me and then had a restful day.
Mahalia & Azzan spent the arvo with Marah, Ella & Anson and stayed to have a bbq dinner with them.
They didnt get home till after 9pm.
Tim crashed out long before then!
Cat and crew headed around to see Anson after dinner and I chatted with Inbar & Aviv over a cuppa and cake then we all headed off to bed.
Another long but enjoyable day.
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