​Latest addition to the family - the Mac attack. Part Piranha part Chocolate Lab. 

This little guy is a bundle of joy. Lucky is he is cute because he is a complete menace. 

Definitely a 10 / 10

Seeing the sunrise over Rangitoto Island from Takapuna beach is beautiful. This was on a crisp-clear Autumn morning, and well worth the early rise for. 

Standard ops from Ella, wanting you to throw her stick and not the slightest bit bothered by the freezing water! 
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If you're keen to be a real North Shore local, trat yourself to a coffee and cronut from Takapuna Beach Store Cafe.  
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This is Rob's famous creation. Only taking 30 minutes to make and being bloody delicious, she goes down a teat. 

You will need:
- mince patties, homemade or bought, whatever you please
- burger buns
- bacon 
- avo
- hash browns
- lettuce
- cheese
- tomato
- pinapple
- aoli
- bbq sauce 

​Consider yourselves the chosen ones to be let in on Rob's secret recipe.

Where every man and boy are guaranteed a top time. In our case - 3 hours of fun and laughs. 
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The Rere rockslide is located 45 minutes west of Gisborne on the Wharekopae River. One must endure 60m of sheer fear before reaching the bottom where you are graced by a pool cold enough it's sure to give you goosebumps.

"The engine brakes don't work but you don't need them anyway" Quote, unquote from the previous owners. Classic kiwi 'she'll be right' behaviour! In hindsight, we should have got them fixed before we went on our first trip, but there is nothing like an oil explosion, locking up the back wheels and some bad weather to make this realisation! 

With music blaring, and a few beers cracked, we were all fizzing with excitement. How could we not be? We were on the road in Izzy heading for Mahia. 
"Ahhhhh bro you need to pull over ASAP", stutters through the walkie talkie from Speed who is following in his car. 
Straight panic rings though us, we're a mere two hours in and we're broken already! ​

 
A quick trip to Z to purchase some rags and meths, followed by a little bit of cleaning in the rain soon sorted things out. ​
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