An Amazing Gift from My Daughters On Fathers Day
Last Sunday, I accepted my daughters' offer to leave Auckland and north bound to Whangarei for 4 days. My two beloved elder daughters and the son-in-law are working there as pharmacists. Not a bad idea after all I had travelled from Bluffhead to Picton in the South Island and from Wellington to Auckland in the North . Driving further north is a gift to me on Fathers Day in NZ.
It was another exciting experience but to me the vegetation and landscapes could not really match the ones in the South except the beaches.
I visited the local counselling services centre the next day. The billboard says “ Counselling is about listening, acknowledgement, honesty ,change, empathy, values and beliefs. Counselling aims to increase your understanding of yourself and your relationships with other things. “
Since then my dear angels drove me to Kawakawa, Opua, Paihia, Waitangi and Matapuri.
Last Sunday, I accepted my daughters' offer to leave Auckland and north bound to Whangarei for 4 days. My two beloved elder daughters and the son-in-law are working there as pharmacists. Not a bad idea after all I had travelled from Bluffhead to Picton in the South Island and from Wellington to Auckland in the North . Driving further north is a gift to me on Fathers Day in NZ.
It was another exciting experience but to me the vegetation and landscapes could not really match the ones in the South except the beaches.
I visited the local counselling services centre the next day. The billboard says “ Counselling is about listening, acknowledgement, honesty ,change, empathy, values and beliefs. Counselling aims to increase your understanding of yourself and your relationships with other things. “
Since then my dear angels drove me to Kawakawa, Opua, Paihia, Waitangi and Matapuri.
Kawakawa is a railway town with a vintage railway station built since 1865.
The place I am standing now is where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British and the Maori in 1840
The intensive carvings and weaving inside the Whare Runanga, a meeting house for Maori not far away from Paihia .
Cool sea breeze, sunny day, blue waters, blue sky at Matapuri. A perfect day to go out.
Look at my ugly groovy jean. I only wear it in NZ. It is thick, beggy, and warm to put on. You don’t really need to wash it so often because you seldom sweat here.
Okay. So much from me in Whangarei. Tomorrow I am going back to Auckland. I missed Sarah. Thanks to my lovely daughters and son-in-law for a trip well planned and an amazing gift on Fathers day.
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