The Farm!

After we toured the Rotorua area we returned to the farm for Alison's birthday.

Here is a picture of the river that flows through the farm. On the right is a little picnic area where the birthday party was held

The farm has two houses on it. One on each side of the river. This is a view from Glenda's house looking at Ann's house:

We met Max's sister, Glenda and her daughter Claire. Claire has a cook book for teens. Here is her website ItsMyTurnToCook. Glenda took us on a wonderful tour of the farm. I thought it would take a few minutes. It took a few hours! We saw where they are growing trees, clearing trees and leasing out pasture for cows. Max then took me on a tour of the bike tracks on the farm. They put a lot of effort into building the tracks. Thankfully I did not break anything.

On Sunday evening we did a tour of Tauranga. We started by walking up Mt. Muano Reserve.

At the start of the climb, we finally saw some New Zealand Sheep Up until that point all we saw was cows. And they said New Zealand was all sheep.

The view from the top of the mound looking south east towards Tauranga.

The motley crew at the top. The picture was taken by Ian, Max's brother.

The view towards the Port of Tauranga:

From the top of Mt. Mauao Reserve, looking at the Tauranga entrance. It was impressive the amount of tidal water that was flowing. The boats were working very hard to get in.