03 January 2013

A full day of play in the playgrounds

We've been to Pauanui to stay with family for a few years now but never really explored more than driving to the shops, walking the beach or to the nearby playground.  So we decided to take the children out on a 'Playground Hop'.  As we now have an age-range from toddler to teenager we wanted to see whether other sites had different equipment or were better destinations for play than our local.

There are 8 playgrounds in Pauanui.  Ajax Head and Given Grove both got a 5-star rating from adults and children alike, although the proximity of Ajax Head to the water treatment facilities did mean there was a distinctive smell in the air.  Neither had close toilets, but did provide seating and some shade.

The children thought this outing was the best thing we'd done whilst there and wanted to re-visit one of the playgrounds the next day. 

We ended up back at the shopping centre for ice creams - a welcome reward at the end of a full and sunny day.

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What are you giving your all to at the moment?  Is it worth it?

12 November 2012

In the last fortnight it has become quite evident that we need some system of planning and recording all the details of our trip.

At present we have a North Island and a South Island exercise book to record places of interest and no- or low-cost camping sites.

That is when I thought that adding this information to a website, would be the most logical next step.

We can record the places, events and activities that we find from the library books, online and from recommendation; and be able to tag them with helpful extras like gps co-ordinates enabling us to more easily 'see' and plan our routes.

When we refer to them in our future posts, all the information is there already, in case others want to follow in our footsteps or plan their own adventure.

That led to the idea of a totally separate website all-together.  

So eventually we will have all this information available on Keen Kiwis - helping Kiwis see our World when it's officially launched and will add to it as we travel ourselves.

What I would like to happen is for other Kiwis to be able to add their photos and ideas directly to the site, thereby crowd-sourcing the information, and reaching further than we possibly can.

What can you spend just 15 minutes sorting out today? Do it now!

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