An Unexpected Journey

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February 6th 2014

Published: April 5th 2014

Like all good adventure stories, this one starts off like any other day. While going about our daily routine in the Shire of Balgowlah, I noticed that there was some new correspondence from a long lost Uncle, the great wizard James Snyder of Chatham Shire. He was boasting of his annual journey to the land of Hobbiton, known as New Zealand on the HobbitBook message board. After a quick discussion a... Read Full Entry

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Mt Egmont

Gorgeous volcano we drove around for a couple of hours

You can see the layers telling the story of the area

In New Plymouth!

Not much to do but the sea walk, but it's very pretty!

Funny looking cat at our hotel in New Plymouth

Hamilton Gardens

Bamboo at the Gardens

A variety of gardens at Hamilton Gardens

Pumpkin patch

More garden shots

Beautiful hydrangeas

And back to Auckland for a night before we flew back to Sydney

Map of our NZ driving route

5th April 2014

Anne Mantle
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Beautifully written, Shane! Pictures were great, reminding me of ones your Grandpa used to take of rocks, landscapes and flowers. He would have loved your blogs and photos!

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