Kiwi Summer Holiday snaps

We've been on holiday up north so thought I'd share some Lots(!) of photos of family and gorgeous New Zealand in the summertime. Click on any to enlarge, or scroll through quick! This is my record of our holiday - hopefully something in here to inspire you too.

Lake Te Ko Utu

We walked around this lake after lunch in Cambridge on our way to Auckland

Happy New Year!

Visited Arataki Visitor Centre on New Year's day : 

Carving details provide inspiration for quilting or sketching

Gorgeous views and we were treated with perfect weather

My boys

Plus great details on the frame to inspire future creative work

Piha beach : 

And from surf to the bush...

Then we travelled to Tauranga/Mt Maunganui, passing a great New Zealand icon on the way

In the town of Paeroa

Views from our walk around Mount Maunganui

Some Pohutukawa still in flower

We were home for a day and then we went camping - Waiinu Beach (north of Wanganui on the West Coast)

View from our tent

Home now and trying to catch up on your blogs, my email, Facebook, and new classes....more of that later. Hope you are staying warm and happy where you are.