Over the moon

It was perfect, an awesome quiet spot away from the smells of the natural springs and I managed to hire some fly-fishing gear for $5. Goodbye Celia - see you later. I fished my butt off for the first day with no results, really started to get despondent. I hate not catching fish!

Second day was the winner, I was missing some key gear on my rod set up and once that was set I pulled in two good sized wild rainbow trout. Call me a loser but since I started fly fishing it has been a dream to catch some wild NZ trout. Don't worry, I do have others, but this one has now been scratched off and a space remains for a new one.

I tried for the rest of the day, but they fish knew my tactics so we said goodby to a smelly Rotorua and off to auckland so we could catch the ferry to Waiheke Island for the wedding of the year. Note: Ours was last year.

I was absolutely shagged, so Celia had to drive most of the the way to Auckland, but unfortunately by the time we got there the last car ferry had gone so we searched a bit for a place to camp and then it struck us, sleeping in the car at the ferry terminal was our only option. We met a group of Canadians (who I stupidly called American...doh) who we're doing the same so I didn't feel so bad. Morning came pretty quickly as I was was really tired and when the trucks started arriving for the first ferry, I knew it was time to go.

The first morning on the island was pretty lethargic and a non event. It did take me about 3 hours to iron my shirt and steam my suit which left me just enough time to pick up Rhys, Susanne and Kate from the ferry so we could head off to the wedding. Too excited, weddings are always a blast, especially with the great wine at Mudbrick wineyard where we are headed.