Today we did our civil duty and went out and voted at the local Ngunguru Hall. All a bit low-key really after watching how America does it on TV.
We have been back for a few weeks now from Brisbane but we have been keeping our heads low because we have been quite unwell with the Brizzie-Bug that we thought we had escaped. But no, the nose starting going the second day I was back and now John has it as well. He says - on I have no idea what authority - that it is mutating quite rapidly. It only started out as a boy-cold, then went to woman-cold and now that it has got to him it is full blown man-flu. I'll fix him - I shall make him go to the Doctor.
Two of our immediate boat neighbors have gone into Whangarei to have their boats out of the water for work to be done. It all seems so quiet and open with them gone. One lot is due back today but the others could be away for months with serious hull problems.
We managed to achieve something that so far we have only been talking about. We decided that the Ford Escape was not the right sort of car for us with all the running around that we do, especially with the cost of fuel these days. So we let it go and have replaced it with a Suzuki SX4 which is the model up from the Swift. There it is in the picture. Very nice and very comfortable and uses a little less that half the petrol.
We also looked about for an old roomy van so that we could store our stuff in it and that John can use sort of as his mobile workshop or for carting large and dirty things. It was a nuisance having to go into Whangarei to get things we wanted from the storage shed. It looks quite smart in the photo but it is fairly rough. However, it goes well and has a Warrant of Fitness.
Our friends the Boyles are back from their trip to the Islands. The boat went through Customs last Tuesday but they are staying at Opua for a while so will catch up with them later. We won't be going anywhere until these colds are gone. Have also just heard that the Goings have just left Tonga for home.
Another achievement is the Radar finally getting fixed. Two months ago 20 metres of new cable was ordered from Japan (all under Warranty) and finally this week 10 metres arrived ! By this time the original serviceman had left and the person that inherited this had to go all the way back to Whangarei to pick up the forgotten bits plus a junction box so that we did not have to wait another 2 months for the right sized cable. Good to have that done at last.
We have been back for a few weeks now from Brisbane but we have been keeping our heads low because we have been quite unwell with the Brizzie-Bug that we thought we had escaped. But no, the nose starting going the second day I was back and now John has it as well. He says - on I have no idea what authority - that it is mutating quite rapidly. It only started out as a boy-cold, then went to woman-cold and now that it has got to him it is full blown man-flu. I'll fix him - I shall make him go to the Doctor.
Two of our immediate boat neighbors have gone into Whangarei to have their boats out of the water for work to be done. It all seems so quiet and open with them gone. One lot is due back today but the others could be away for months with serious hull problems.
We managed to achieve something that so far we have only been talking about. We decided that the Ford Escape was not the right sort of car for us with all the running around that we do, especially with the cost of fuel these days. So we let it go and have replaced it with a Suzuki SX4 which is the model up from the Swift. There it is in the picture. Very nice and very comfortable and uses a little less that half the petrol.
We also looked about for an old roomy van so that we could store our stuff in it and that John can use sort of as his mobile workshop or for carting large and dirty things. It was a nuisance having to go into Whangarei to get things we wanted from the storage shed. It looks quite smart in the photo but it is fairly rough. However, it goes well and has a Warrant of Fitness.Our friends the Boyles are back from their trip to the Islands. The boat went through Customs last Tuesday but they are staying at Opua for a while so will catch up with them later. We won't be going anywhere until these colds are gone. Have also just heard that the Goings have just left Tonga for home.
Another achievement is the Radar finally getting fixed. Two months ago 20 metres of new cable was ordered from Japan (all under Warranty) and finally this week 10 metres arrived ! By this time the original serviceman had left and the person that inherited this had to go all the way back to Whangarei to pick up the forgotten bits plus a junction box so that we did not have to wait another 2 months for the right sized cable. Good to have that done at last.
