Our first stop: Clevedon A&P Show
Here's Madeleine enjoying a whitebait fritter

Nancy takes the kids on a train ride

Such happy kids.

Madeleine says 'hi' to her daddy.

Madeleine goes for a bounce in the bouncy castle.

We had a delicious dinner of pea and asparagus cream soup that Graham sadly ate all of Nancy's, an awesome child's meal with a bit of everything, and a yummy steak with tasty sides for Nancy.

After a restful night at the Kauri Croft B&B (a great place for kids), we go for a walk in the Goat Island Marine Reserve.

Madeleine's enjoys walking around in the big bath.

Hmm...why are the shells moving?

That's it! No more walking in the water with all those little critters!

Bryan goes way out for a walk.

We stop at Matakana Country Park and Madeleine plays in the huge and really awesome playground.

Madeleine drives her new tractor. There's the Country Kitchen Cafe in the background where we had a delicious lunch.

We stay at the Copthorne Hotel and Resort Hokianga in Omapere. Check out the nice view of the Hokianga Harbour.

Bryan thinks he's enjoying a quiet meal alone at the beach.

Graham's getting so close to crawling.

He's got his eye on that remote.

Isn't he a handsome boy?

Look what we have to do with the chairs because we have a little climbing toddler.

We go for a walk in the Waipoua Forest, famous for its collection of Kauri trees.

Madeleine enjoys riding her 'packpack.'

Here's a family photo.

This tree is called, The Four Sisters, as there are four tree trunks stemming from one trunk.

More pics of Daddy and our big girl.

More tree pictures.

This is the second largest Kauri tree in New Zealand, Te Matua Ngahere.

A nice plant on a tree.

They call this bunch of Kauris Cathedral Grove.

Madeleine has a little water from her 'cup.'

Ah, "It tastes so good."

So refreshing.

Oop, I didn't quite get the strap under Graham's chin.

Madeleine gets out of the backpack for a walk.

She quite enjoyed the walk until the loud birds scared her back into mommy's arms.

Here's the biggest kauri tree in New Zealand, Tana Mahuta.

Everybody's awake, happy and looking at the camera.

We stop at Labyrinth Woodworks near Hokianga and pick up some wooden things and find a pretty peacock.

Next stop, the trampoline at the Loredo Motel in Kaitaia.

By the next morning she was a champ at jumping on it.

We made a stop at 90 mile beach, which is actually 90 km, or about 56 miles. At any rate, it's a long beach. You can drive the whole thing but we didn't.