Kia ora!
As you probably have worked out we have finally arrived in the land of the long white cloud and were pleasantly surprised to discover a distinct lack of clouds and beautiful sunshine! After the humidity and stormy weather of Brisbane this was a real relief, as I'm not sure we really could have coped pioneering in Queensland.
It was fantastic to be met by Shianne though, to successfully get through immigration and be properly granted our visas, and to experience our first flight where we didn't have a major stress about being over our baggage limit!
Josh and Shi live in the lovely area called St Marys Bay, next to Ponsonby and just a short 15 minute walk to the centre of Auckland. And just to prove it is sunny, check out the view from Shianne's office:
It was amazingly easy to set up visas and bank accounts (we had switch cards within 10 minutes, can someone please introduce this into the UK??!) so we rewarded ourselves with a little day trip to the western beaches - Muriwai and Piha. They are distinctive because they have black sand beaches, which outside of a boy band music video does seem rather odd! It also causes the sand to really heat up because it contains iron, so you really have to keep your flip-flops (sorry,
jandals) on! And although Josh was disappointed not to have time to fish, we had a great time catching up!
Check out the extreme anglers on the rocks!
No Shianne hasn't shrunk, she is just standing in a dip!
Not a boyband in sight!!
We've moved into Central Auckland congregation, which is a lovely welcoming cong with nearly 200 publishers! They have 24 pioneers, although some of these are in the Spanish group which is attached. We have the circuit visit this week and so have been thrown straight into things but I think we are going to settle in well, all dependent on getting jobs though!!!
NB: now that the lovely Josh has very kindly fixed my wireless connection, I am hoping these posts will get a little more regular!!
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