Doesn't take much to convince the members of the ebf household to go on a road trip, and with the prospect of a long weekend we were off on another NI exploration...
On a previous trip down the Forgotten Highway, we had stayed over in Wanganui, but other than a walk around Virginia Lake did not have time to explore the area in detail.
Saturday morning the mrs went off on a cake decorating course, and I loaded up the trusty APV micro campervan. After lunch we did a quick 2.5 hour drive to Wanganui. Found the Top 10 invaded by what seemed like just about every college rower in NZ.
At the kitchen block I found little sparrow had decided to exit the nest without testing his wing-power first, very unhappy character. Popped him back into his nest, and this time he decided to stay put.
Sunday we drove up the Wanganui river road - that main reason for this trip. Very scenic, and a lovely way to spend the morning.
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Then off along the road to Raetihi and Ohakune, checking out fishing spots along the way. Mt Ruapehu proved to be too much of a drawcard, and we drove up to the ski-field, will be back in winter to see this covered in snow.
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Back at the campsite, it was time to rescue the camp goat, he had decided to wrap his tether around a flag pole, and was slowly trying to strangle himself ! Had a good chuckle as an elderly gent tried very gently to move him, but Mr Stinky was having none of that and planted himself quite firmly. My mis-spend youth on a farm came in handy, and Mr Stinky was un-tangled and went off to molest the local trees.
On the way back to Welly, we stopped in at kiwi39's spot, and I found him in the middle of a Mexican standoff with a very stroppy alpaca ! Got the alpaca loaded into a horse trailer, had lunch and then a quick walk around Tim's farm.
Fun long weekend :)
