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Gore Bay on Waitangi Day

February 14, 2016 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

Waitangi Day (the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the Maori and the English in 1840) fell on a Saturday this year, so Monday this week was a holiday. As always, we enjoyed having Gayle home for the day. He and the boys spent the morning in the garden, ripping out the pea vines and working the ground to replant the fall garden, while Esther and I worked on cabbage in the house. Then, we took a picnic lunch out to Gore Bay. It was a gorgeous day, just right to sit on the beach! I thought it was a bit cool for swimming, but all the boys except Mr. Imagination went in for awhile.IMG_2949

Esther read for awhile.

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Mr. Diligence found several rocks and experimented with what color they made when he wrote with them on another rock.

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Mr. Imagination picked a handful of nasturtiums, which grow wild along the sea.

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On our way home, we drove through the Domain, and came across a family we know. We invited them to our house for dinner that evening, and had a nice visit—a perfect ending to a good day!

Filed Under: Activities at Home Tagged With: Canterbury, gore bay, Ocean

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