Day 63 – Kiwi show!

It’s funny when there are kids in the house, the idea of a lie in is just a dream you think about. Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating a little as I was sleeping on the bottom floor so technically the basement, which means I managed to escape and didn’t go upstairs until 10. I was greeted with a mini fry up, an excellent way to start the day!

We then left the house and made our way to the Kumeu Show or as they call it the Kiwi show. This show is based in; yep you guessed it Kumeu, which is just north of Titirangi/Auckland. It brings together exhibitors from all over New Zealand to compete their cattle, alpacas, sheep etc as well as competitions in highland dancing and wood chopping, this event is held annually on 80 acres of land and there are 500 trade spaces sold every year. Obviously we went to see all of this but the main reason Lyla wanted to go was to go on the travelling fair rides! We spent a few hours here before leaving and going on a short bush walk where Lyla taught me all about Cicadas. When walking in the bush or pretty much anywhere near trees and stuff you can hear a constant sound, like Grasshoppers I guess and this is the Cicadas squeezing out of their skin and when they do this they leave behind their shell which you can find just stuck to trees. Lyla found a few and showed them too me, I didn’t think I’d ever really learn anything from a 5 year old, but she has proved me wrong.

For dinner we had noodle box takeaway, which I loved, I’m so excited to arrive in Asia and eat proper Asian food!