Out for a walk

After a supermarket visit this morning we went out to the Sandspit Beach and I went to to find caches

Is beautiful out here today.

No luck with three caches.

We moved the car and started from the other end of the walkway 

I found the remaining three thank goodness!! I also met one of the residents who knew about the cache by her front fence, she looks after it, and helps the brownies and cubs who also come searching for it.  She also is a member of a local knitting group which is what Jenny has been looking for,  so double score!!

I am cooking dinner tonight so had better go check it and then maybe do some stitching.

Happy stitching.

Onehunga

A day out and about for me while Jenny went to see the surgeon, I was not needed so made plans and went to follow some Adventure Labe

The first one was here, walking along the edge of the Manakau Harbour

The tide was out 🤣

Beautiful big pohutulawa tree.

Next stop was a walk over the new walking bridge, this replaced the old car bridge, the new one runs along side

I walked this bridge several times trying to find the answers to the questions,  missing one answer from one set and three from the other. 😒 by this time it was after 1pm, the temp was 27degC and the UV rating was 9 out of 11, I have the bright red nose to prove it!! 🤣

Then it was off to pay another cisit to Aunty June, she was happy to see me but disappointed Jenny wasn't with me.

On my way home I did another Adventure Lab

Around Te Tauranga, a tidal lake, set up for swimming, water skiing, kyaking and wake boarding, the gates let the tide in and out twice a day to freshen the water.

I think this photo was back at the carpark 

Top end of the lake

you can see the poles and ropes for pulling the wakeboarding people along

On the right is the pontoon for kyaking people and water skiing people and me to answer the Ad Lab question 🤣

It took me a long time to get back to Waiuku as the traffic on the motorway was very conjested and slow, but it was a good day out and about.

Off to begin a crochet edge in a blanket Jenny has made now.

Happy stitching.

Waiuku

I want out for a walk yesterday and found a few caches

I passed the War Memorial

There was a cache here but I couldn't find it

I met some locals, they were very friendly and I was allowed to scratch a little, one had a tongue like sandpaper!!

Bird sculpture in a little park

Where I found this cache, but had to touch it with a stone first to make sure it wasn't real

The view to the old Railway station 

Looking back towards the town

I followed the pathway along the estuary edge,  the tide was way out,  up in the distance is the steelworks

Next cache I found, after it hit me on the head!!

Looking up the estuary again

map of where I am at the closed pub, the road to the Lighthouse was closed too

Mural on a shop wall

Same building

I walked over 5km in all, so today is a rest day from lots of walking! We are expecting another day in the mid 20's, at least the humidity seems to have decreased for the time being.  Jenny has sewn together a KOGO blanket and I have done the crochet edging, a secret stitching project has been done and I am back to the temperature tree, pictures to come, I am sure there are enough here already.

Happy stitching