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Sun, Sand and Surf – Arugam Bay
15/6/26 Our first full day in Arugam bay. A place that Oliver has been dreaming of coming too ever since we read about it – and it’s surfing – in the lonely planet guide back in NZ! We had to begin the day however in catch g up with the Australia vs Türkiye match! We…
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Tea, mountains and waterfalls
7/6/26 ulawalawa to Ella We’ve been using googles public transport function to plan our bus routes through Sri Lanka. It’s come in handy many times and hasn’t been wrong. The trip from udawalawa to Ella however, seemed difficult. Google put us on a strange bus routes through that apparently would take 5 hours or so….time…
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Sri Lankan National Park tour
4/6/26 – Yala National Park It was a 5:30 wake up call to start our safari which we were all were very excited about. Everyone climbed into our safari vehicle, a Mahindra Bolero Ute with 6 comfy seats in the tray with an awning. As we boarded we were handed our little breakfast boxes and…
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Recovery, sand and waves
26/5/26 – Negombo to Galle Right, Sri Lanka Take 2…. With feelings of Deja vu we said goodbye to the caretakers once again, sent another thank you message to the amazing hosts and then shouldered our backpacks and made our way to the Kadawatha express bus Terminal. This bus terminal is the northernmost point for…
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Sri Lankan riding tour cut short
18/5/26 – New Zealand via Singapore to Sri Lanka! A last minute pack was the priority this morning. Raelene and I managed to get it done before needing to head to the airport at around 11. Oliver and Raelene raced out to send the box of things back to Nhulunbuy and made it back just in…
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North Island Adventures
FYI – WARNING – This video contains scenes of hunting and processing of livestock and Game. 8/5/26 – Cambridge to Opotiki After saying our thanks and goodbyes to Dani and Andy we hit the road to Opotoki and the bay of plenty. We had been looking forward to getting here and they boys had been…
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Grandma and Pa visit
1/5/26 – Picton to Wellington The alarm woke us up this morning and it took a little while for the kids to want to get up as it was still dark outside. Patrick and Oliver were the first to get up and start breakfast, poor Arthur just didn’t want to get out of bed and…
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South Island Roadtrip
24/5/26 – Invercargill While our morning started out pretty slowly the day began to increase in activity once Maree and Neville arrived in Invercargill! They rolled into the driveway with our car that we had last left in Arrowtown. The crazy logistical car transfer plan actually worked! It was great to see them again and…
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Our final test….Queenstown to Bluff
15/4/26 – Motueka to Christchurch The morning went very quickly and before too long it was time to say see you later to Granny, Grandad, Nicola and Walter. Even though we have had a great amount of time together it always hard when the time comes to go our seperate ways. It is tough to…
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Hiking the Abel Tasman
8/4/26 – Kaikoura to Motueka Oliver, Arthur, Patrick, Grandad and Walter had a great start to the day by collecting a great amount of feijoa’s which were a delicious treat for breakfast. We then started driving along the most stunning coastal road, we stopped at a rest area and to our surprise we saw so…