The Yellow Boat of Taupo

So, here we are. Day 1 of the epic road trip. As usual we departed Palmy on Scott time, and after a 'quick' coffee and lunch stop with some indigenous folk at Mangaweka (Hot Coffee, Cool Plane - google it!) we made it to the leave centre mid afternoon. Clearly they knew someone important was arriving, as they got an ex Prime Minister to clean the gaff before we arrived. Rumour has it that he is in hiding in the colonies due to the crap job he did before hand; and that this is his way of making things up to the armed forces.






Any way, Jocelyn was most pleased to fond out that the leave centre came equipped with play park, so with some good swinging action (ooh err) and slides etc... she was happy. We then had a short walk to the lake where Jocelyn proved she was braver than her mum, by stripping off and going for a paddle. She then spied a yellow boat about 100m off shore and decided she wanted to pay a visit. How upset was she when I reminded her she couldn't swim? Very.






Auckland tomorrow, awesome. It has been a good start to the trip. More to follow!

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Location:Kiwi St,Taupo,New Zealand