With selling the van in Auckland next on the agenda, we spent most of the day getting it cleaned and primed. Just our luck though, we left the lights on overnight and had to get the battery boosted by the automobile league - our third use of them now (locked out keys, tire repairs, and now this). Fortunately it didn't take us long to get going again (only to have the battery die again shortly later waiting for the car wash. Tonight is Guy Fawkes day but acccording to the people who run the holiday park, not much really happens here for it (bigger cities have fireworks displays) and it is raining to boot so Benjamin, Joshua, and Grahame took a final visit to our thermal baths. Though they weren't as hot as on our last
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