Day 21

in Pohara/Clifton. We took our landlady's advice and went straight down to Clifton Beach on the local golf-course. A huge expanse of sand, going for miles in both directions, with gulls and oyster catchers dipping into the water, puddles of left-behind sea water here and there, some dried-out rays on the waterline, and the most gorgeous big scallop shells lying here ... and here... and here... nature is so beautiful. Zack got more and more confident in the sea, and was loving the waves. Keith and I took turns taking him down to the water's edge to play, and by midday decided it was hot enough (and our feet were feeling pretty fried), so we headed back to the car. Zack conked out in minutes, while we were driving towards Pohara, so we stopped in Pohara at Totally Roasted (a coffee shop come hacienda) where we decided to have just cheesecake for lunch. Definitely the best cheesecake I've had in ages. I had the passionfruit and Keith had the lemon & honey. We even had an apricot and chocolate brioche to go. Very naughty indeed! Then off to Takaka for a session of blog-uploading which took 90 mins in a local laundry (This is very popular in NZ - a laundry and internet cafe in one). Unfortunately while Keith and Zack were playing in a nearby playground, Zack had yet another exploding nappy incidents, taking Keith's T-shirt with him! Eeek. So Keith was walking around shirtless feeling like a moron, while Zack had clean shorts on (Yup, I'd packed a change of clothes just in case :o)). Time to head home.
Oh dear me, we returned to doors and windows full of bees. Looking up at the ceiling in the kitchen-area, we saw that the bees were coming thru joints in the slats of wood in the ceiling.