Poster at Conference
18th October
Bhavni was at the Rendezvous hotel in town, where she was presenting her poster on childhood obesity at the international conference on obesity.
19th October
Bhavni had her second day at the conference. In the evening Bhavni got picked up by Shelina and her mother who is visiting, to go into town for girba.
CBD from Ponsenby
20th October
Our intention was to head to Newmarket for a little bit of shopping/walking, as Bhavni did not need to be at the conference in person. We walked into the Trade Aid shop and got asking about the tea pot that Bhavni had purchased previously. It turned out that it was end of line, but there were some other items in different stores – including Pononby. Apparently it was too far to walk, but we decided to go for it anyway and it was a nice walk.
After collecting a couple of mugs and cups, we had a nice lunch at a nearby cafe – brochetta and a holoumi salad, before going into the CBD towards the Rendezvous hotel – and managing to pick up some ice cream. On the way we had a look at Eliot Stables and found the Tea place that Bhavni had been told about, so we had to stop and have a brew.
We retrieved the poster from the hotel and went home.
21st October
It was a little wet looking, but we decided to go to go to Kumeu – which incidentally is where Silvia lives. We got there and headed to the farmers market nearby where we as usual purchased some bread and olive oil – lovely. After that we headed into Kumeu and saw the cheese outlet that had been recommended – unfortunately none of the cheeses were vegetarian, so we headed to the i-site for some more inspiration. The i-site recommended seeing some of the vineyards and also the bird colony at Muriwai, so we did that first, but did not get close as it really was chucking it down.
We went to a local vineyard – very non commercial as we went into the owners house and tried a couple of wines. I even purchased a desert wine. It was after 5pm when leaving, so headed back home.
27th October
We went shopping and bought some rainwear and other equipment for the next weekend.
28th October
Another day going north. We went to Wellsford up the SH1, taking our time and looking at the sights. When we got there, most of the shops were closed, so we had a drink and some carrot cake at a local cafe before heading back, but this time we took the 16 to the western side of the coast, which was a completely different ride.
2nd November
It was a very nice evening – going to Sue’s house for dinner. (Especially after packing). Peter from number 30 was there, and we all had a nice meal and sat around the table for a long time, discussing our upcoming holiday and peters trip to the UK (while we were in his house). I also helped to fix Sues computer – her other one had died the weekend before.
