South to Invercargill

David and Emma set off for Tekapo and Mount Cook while we went back to Rolleston for a couple of days before picking Dean and Nodoka up from the airport. They stayed a night with us and then we dropped them off to pick up their rental camper van.

They stopped in Oamaru to see the blue penguins, and then joined us in the car park at the Maheno tavern. We had a great feed of fish and chips at the pub.The pic was taken in their van after we came back from the pub.

Next day it was on to Invercargill, with a stopover for us in Gore to drop off some bits and pieces. We parked the two camper vans in the retirement village car park. The other “van people” (as Mum named us) parked at the Invercargill Top 10.

Saturday was an awesome one, with most of the whānau there for Dad’s 90th birthday celebration. Sadly, Jane and Keith, and the Australian rellies weren’t able to be there, but all the kiwi grandchildren, and all the great grandchildren were there.

Most people gathered at Mum and Dad’s in the evening for pizza, and some of us watched the Canes beat the Crusaders. But I don’t think that was what these guys were watching.