We've moved to Taupo.....

Hi All

Sorry I haven't been in touch for a few days, I haven't been anywhere with a computer! We had a fabulous time in the Coromandel. Our friends there have a holiday home right on the beach which was divine! We went to a beach that is listed in the Times as being the 8th most beautiful beach in the world...tough eh?!

We then moved south to Tauranga, where we visited a place called Kiwi 360. You sit on a trailer type thing and it takes you around the kiwi plantation and explains how they are grown and stuff. It was really interesting to learn what goes into growing this fruit!

From Tauranga, we moved on to Rotorua, or known here as rot-a-rua as it smells of sulphur! We went on an amphibious craft that travels on land and water which was brilliant. This morning, we went on the Skyline Gondola (cable car) in Rotorua. At the top, there are 3 luges you can go on. Basically you sit on a little cart and hurtle down these concrete tracks at a really fast speed, quite safe I'm told.......We then watched some sheep being shorn(?) at a place called the Agrodome, just outside Rotorua. They showed us 19 different breeds of sheep and we saw the sheep dogs at work too.

We have now arrived at Taupo and we are staying with friends of Andrew's mum for 2 nights before we head off to the farm where Andrew's best man lives.

I'll sign off now, I hope you are all well. As soon as I can, I will try to put some photos on here for you all to look at, otherwise you are in for a really long slide show when we get back......

Lots of love Rachel, Andrew, Charles, Henry and Emma x x x x x