(written 27/4/11)
On the freezing cold day of Monday, April 18th, we packed bags and suitcases of clothing, food, toys, games...and so on; Dad swapped our 8-seater for the Aikens' 10-seater (Thanks for loaning it to us!); and, yes, I spent a bit (well, maybe a BIG bit I suppose!) of time on the computer, emailing/chatting to my friends letting them know we were going away. Finally (at about 5:30!) we left for Dargaville, Northland.
We soon discovered that with and above-average sized family and a large van, we drew quite a bit of attention! (The van we borrowed at Christmas time had tinted windows, but because this one doesn't, everyone could see us). So anyway, we had fun laughing at, and waving to all the people who looked at us!! *grin* Not quite enough fun, though, it would seem, because near the beginning of the drive we had a few "Are we nearly there yet?"'s!
Because we arrived in Dargaville fairly late, and it is a
very small town, no takeaway shops were open, so, after finding our Holiday Park we went to Woolworths (thankfully that was still open!) and bought bread rolls and cooked chicken for dinner, and a chocolate cake for supper, which we ate on returning to the Holiday Park. Side note - The GPS wasn't very happy that we were driving away from our programmed destination - it kept re-mapping to get us back to the Holiday Park; if you ever hear my siblings say "Turn right, after 100 metres, turn right" that's what they're referring to!
We had tried to get into a cabin, but our family is now too large to fit(!), so we were put in a backpacker unit which consists of
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| lounge and |
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| dining |
three bedrooms;
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| one with a double bed - Mum and Dad's room, |
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| another had a single and bunk set - Jarrod, Danielle and Bryce |
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| and last but not least - a bunk set comprised of double on bottom, single on top - Monique, Diana and me |
Yes Uncle Pete, now I know what it's like sleeping, or ah, not sleeping, with Diana...!
Well, onto the next post...
Cya =)
