Note to Airport officials in New Zealand....it is not a good idea to let 13 planes land within 30 minutes as it produces unbelivable hold-ups at the customs.
We've landed at half past 2 p.m. but managed to get out of the airport at arround 4 p.m. and to top it all they took out jar of honey :( apperently it violates their biosecurity laws....
darn. Kristie and Bryden picked us up with their UTE, which had a boat attached to it and there were also Clay and Jack with them, their foxterrier dogs.
We were a funny bunch at the airport, 4 people in a UTE with 2 dogs looking through the window and a boat at the back.......and since it was beer'o'clock :)
we've stopped at he Red Fox, a local pub where we opened drinking season....and let me clarify at this moment, that their beer is GOOOOD and it flows perfectly.
Our first impressions of New Zealand was pretty much perfect, and Kristie's and Bryden's hospitality was as expected.....great. They took us to Bryden's place which is a big gorgeous
house in the country some 60 km from Auckland, and it is surronded by green pastures as far as your eyes can see. Now living in the country is a bit different in New Zealand
as it is in Slovenia, but the basics are pretty much the same.....Bryden and Kristie are horse people and they own 4 horses, which they use for events and/or hunting.
We were all on a same page pretty soon and decided holiday should be mostly relaxing and just having plain fun...and that's just what we did...siping one beer after another
(or cider or bubbly or whatever came into our hands). We've drenched our thirst with beer and our hunger with the best Fish'n'Chips in Kaiaua, sitting on the beach while eating them and enjozing
the beautiful views of NZ. Took a drive to a nearby hill to see the beautiful view of the valley. And that's pretty much what we did for the first two days.
And so came wednesday,the day we departed to our beach house to start our New Year's celebrations. Whiritoa was the destination....and even though Kristie told us our house is pretty
close to the beach it was not what we expected. Literally meters from the sandy beach, 4 bedroom house, big garden, BBQ area.....fully equiped and furnished with everything your heart might desire.
You might imagine the smiles on our faces. :) We were joined by Dave and Trina which gave our party a bit more substance :). Some things are a bit blury which is a sign of having a good time, which
is exactly what was and still is going on....

We spent four days in Whiritoa, relaxing, swimming, sunbathing on the porch of our big summer house, fishing, drinking, eating and just enyojing ourselves.
We were a bunch of 8 people since John and Vicky joined us for the New Years Eve and we had lots of fun together.
We cought some nice fishes, had some bubbles and stepped in the next decade with great fireworks (Jasa was responsible for it and it was really spectacular). In the Next few days
we cought more fishes, among which was a Snapper weighing 4 kg, Baraccuda which we threw back in the sea because it is not good for eating, long eel which was funny to catch.
During our boat riddingfishing expeditions we saw 2 sharks (one nearly 3 m long), and almost caugth a really big kingfish which sadly run away :) It was really nice spending time in
New Zeeland with Kristie and Bryden,
but the clock is ticking and our departure is geting close. Thanks Kristie and Bryden one more time, you guys are the best. For the others - see you on the other side of the world, back home in Slovenia.
Bye Bye.

P.S: pictures will be available upon our return :)
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Nasvet letaliskemu osebju v Novi Zelandiji.....pristanek 13 letal v razmaku 30 minut ni najboljsa ideja saj je gneca na carini in imigracijskem uradu nepregledna :)
Pristala sva ob pol 3, vendar sva iz letalisca uspela priti sele okoli 4 in povrhu vsega so nama se odvzeli kozarec medu,ker med krsi njihove bioloske predpise.
Kristie in Bryden sta naju pobrala v svojem UTE, na katerem je bil priklopljen coln hkrati pa sta bila v avtu se Clay in Jack njuna foxterierja. Definitivno smo bili najbolj smesna druscina na letaliscu :)
In ker je bila ze ura za pivo smo se ustavili v lokalnem pubu Red Fox kjer smo zaceli naso pivsko sezono....in naj kar takoj razjasnim, njihovo pivo je DOBRO in odlicno tece po grlu.
Najini prvi vtisi o Novi Zelandiji so bili tako absoutno popolni, in Kristie in Bryden sta bila,kot pricakovano, popolna gostitelja. Pripeljali smo se do Brzdenovega "domovanja",ki pa je v bistvu prelepa
hisa na podezelju,kake 60km od Aucklanda in jo obkrozajo zeleni pasniki do kamor ti seze pogled. Zivljenje na podezelju je se v Novi Zelandiji malce razlikuje od nasega, a osnove so enake...Bryden
in Kristie imata 4 konje,ki sluzijo lovu na zajce, skokom preko ovir in podobno....Kaj hitro smo se vst strinjali da dopust pomeni pocitek in uzivanje in poceli smo ravno to...srkali pivca (ali sampanjec,vino...
karkoli je pac prislo pod roke). Naso zejo in lakoto smo med drugim potesili tudi z najboljsimi Fish'n'Chips in Kaiaua in pojedli smo jih kot se spodobi na plazi ob krasnem razgledu na zaliv.
Med drugim smo si celo vzeli cas da smo sli na razgledno tocko na bliznji hrib,a to je bolj ali manj tudi vse kar smo poceli prve dva dni...in v tem smo uzivali.
In prisla je sreda, dan ko smo odpotovali v naso hisico na plazi,da zacnemo vec dnevno praznovanje novega leta. Whiritoa je bila nasa destinacija in ceprav sva bila "obvescena" da je hisa v blizini plaze
nisva pricakovala takega luksuza. Dobesedno nekaj metrov od pescene plaze, 4 spalnice, 2 nadstropji, ogromen vrt, prostor za rostilj, vse opremljno z vsem kar potrebujes za poletno uzivancijo.
Verjetno ni potrebno posebej opisovati izrazov na najinem obrazu :) kmalu sta se nam pridruzila se Dave in Trinna,kar je dalo nasemu praznovanju nekaj dodatne energije...od tu naprej so stvari
zacele postajati bolj motne,kar je definitivno znak dobre zabave.

V Whiritoi smo preziveli 4 dni , predvsem v sproscanju, plavanju,soncenju na terasi nase OGROMNE hise, ribarjenju in seveda pitju (pre)velikih kolicin alkohola :) :)
Na koncu se nas je nabralo 8,saj sta se nam na silvestrovo pridruzila se John in Vicky in skupaj smo na silvestrovo ujeli nekaj ribic za posladek in si ob prelomu desetletja privoscili se ognjemet.
V naslednjih dnevih se je na nasih trnkih nabralo se kar nekaj rib, med njimi 4kg tezak Snapper, Barakuda,ki smo jo vrgli nazaj,ker enostavno ni okusna in priblizno 3M dolgo jeguljo,ki je bila
sicer zabaven ulov a precej manj zabavna,ko smo jo zeleli spustiti....seveda ni razumela nasih "dobrih" namenov :). Med nasimi ribjimi ekspedicijami smo naleteli na 2 morska psa,eden od niju vlik priblizno 3 metre
in skorajda ujeli ogromno King Fish (King-Kralj) ki pa je bila zal premocna za nas...kakorkoli obracava te dneve je bila Nova Zelandija fantasticna, ogromne zasluge za to si lastita Kristie in Bryden,
popolna gostitelja. Vendar cas tece in cas najinega odhoda je pred vrati. Se enkrat hvala Kristie in Brydenu,da sta trpela dve slovenski pijavki :). Za vse ostale je to zadnji post potovanja -
vidimo se na drugem koncu sveta, doma v Sloveniji.
Bye Bye

P.S: slike bodo na voljo ob najini vrnitvi

Last day of Brisbane and Australia was a nice one. Typical Sunday you might say.
We took a river cruise since the weather was nice, saw the city from a different perspective and it is a nice city. Afterwards we spent the most part of the day in Southbank,
enjoying the sunday market with its lifestyle stands.....Brisbane doesn't really have a beach so they "solved" the problem by making an artificial beach in Southbank,
and it is basically a huge pool with sand beaches, BBQ areas, entertainment for the kids, and relaxation area for everybody. Tomorrow we're leaving Australia and heading towards
the edge of the world aka New Zealand. We do have to get up at 5 a.m. though, but i bet its gonna be worth it as we both can't wait to see Kristie and meet Bryden.


Zadnji dan Brisbane-a in Australije. In odlocila sva se da bo tudi za naju to samo tipicna nedelja. Glede na izboljsanje vremena sva se najprej odpravila na krizarjenje po reki,
ki gre skozi mesto in si ogledala mesto iz druge perspektive in izjemno nama je bilo vsec,kar sva videla. Preostanek dneva sva prezivela na podrocju Southbank in uzivala v
nedeljski trznici, na kateri prodajajo vse od spominkov,preko oblacil, masaz do posladkov vseh oblik in okusov. Brisbane kot mesto pravzaprav nima plaze in "problem" so resili tako,
da so postavili ogromen bazen v Southbanku,okoli katerega so naredili prelepo pesceno plazo, prostore za BBQ, posedanje, otroska igrisca,.....skratka vse kar potrebujes za prijetno
popoldne. Jutri zapuscava Avstralijo in se odpravljava proti koncu sveta - Novi Zelandiji. Ceprav morava vstati ob 5 zjutraj se oba izjemno veseliva snidenja s Kristie in Brydenom....