The two above are from Hobbit Town -
Matamata - where they run tours for the Lord of the Rings sites.
Matamata - where they run tours for the Lord of the Rings sites.
Katikati - some great murals all around the town. How they don't have a graffiti problem defeats me. The last time I was there was for a flat mates wedding over 40 years ago. It is odd in this transient world that we still remain in contact as he and his wife live locally and we are all members of the same Probus Club.
Now to White Island
Now to White Island
The colours are incredible.
All masked up.
Look at the size of the people 
Below are a couple of pictures taken at Papamoa.
White Island: The photos from our visit to White Island plus a couple more from the trip North.
Visitors: Joe's parents, Brian and Valerie, arrive from the UK next Monday. They might be able to help the fabulous Quiz Team (yeah right!) - last night we were 'Xt Phone Home' but on second thoughts maybe we should have been XT:The Extra Terrible with all the problems Telecom are having; now up to their 4th outage since Xmas.
Ohhhh ....... the Quiz - 1st and a one seventh share of the bonus. Although we had a couple of extra friends so we shared it amongst 8 of us.
