Easter Weekend

On Easter Sunday Tim, Julian, Steve and I all went on a little road trip to Whatane ( a little beach town). We saw much of the Bay of Plenty and it was beautiful. We had a small tornado that came through the Bay of Plenty earlier in the week and we could see the evidence of it all. We saw trees snapped in two and saw a huge tree that was completely uprooted along with the grass underneath the tree. We made it to Whatane and took a short walk through the town. Then we moved on to the boys main goal of the trip....to catch a fish. Tim decided to buy a spinning rod of his own, so as we drove back from Whatane we stopped at all the fishing spots along the way. The first spot was a crowded spot, where most were sea fishing...so we kept on going. The second spot was a beautiful little lake right above a dam. It wasn't a great spot for fishing, but was a beautiful spot for a picnic. We ate some fresh fruit that we bought a fruit stand, fished a little and watched some water skiiers. The next spot was a little stream. When we arrived at the spot their was alot of commotion because their were at least 25 cows under the bridge and a horse running loose on the road. We got out of the car and tried some fishing with no luck, the only thing I got was a whole bunch of bug bites on my ankles. The final spot we stopped was at a dam. Tim and Steve were pretty tired of fishing, but Julian had a good feeling about the place. So he convinced Tim to have one last shot at fishing for the day. That is when Tim caught his first NZ fish and it was the biggest one anyone in the group had caught yet. A picture will be on it's way.
On Monday, I had the day off work and so we had another look at a few cars, played a game of tennis with our flatmates, went down to a local restaurant to get a piece of "Easter cake" ( just some really good chocolate cake), then went to see a movie (Meet the Faulkers) and feasted on Tim's smoked fish for dinner and finished the night with a couple games of cards.