Tauranga

Tauranga Art

Andrew Balancing

Christmas Tree!

Christmas Tree with Palm Tree

Gold Mine

Andrew and I took the opportunity while we were driving down from Matakana to Te Puke to stop in Tauranga and other random points of interest along the way.

While driving through Auckland to meet Robin, do some shopping, and pick up our mail, we found some Christmas decorations finally! Wandering random back streets near Queen street I found some pretty Christmas baubles, then we saw the Santa on the storefront in Auckland. Quite impressive!

L&P, A Popular NZ Soda

Christmas Baubles

Driving through Paeroa we found out where L&P comes from. It is a New Zealand soda that tastes somewhat along the lines of Sprite and Ginger Ale. Of course I had to do a handstand in front of the giant bottle! Yes, of course Hoppity and Shecky had to balance on my feet! It was a fun stop.

Santa in Auckland

Once in Tauranga we parked and did some shopping at The Strand, which is basically an open air mall along the boardwalk. It was certainly a quite pleasant way to do some Christmas shopping without dealing with any crowds! It was definitely a pleasant day.