D 20 - Yabba Dabba Doo - Shared experiences and missed opportunities

D 20 - Yabba Dabba Doo -  Shared experiences and missed opportunities
Yabba Dabba Doo
Courtney and Lewis arrived last night to spend Xmas with us before returning to Lewis family in Oamaru for New Year. We went walk about on Auckland Viaduct Harbour today and experienced  some of its offerings . Whilst Renene , Courtney and Lewis caught some sun and Vitamin D therapy, at miniscule radiation doses compared to my daily dose, I wandered the waters edge dreaming .



The missed opportunity - so whilst wandering and dreaming I was standing just outside the fence of Emirates New Zealand compound admiring the crane and all the support craft that are outside the shed when a car parked on the other side of the fence . Out climbed Peter Burling.!!! What an opportunity! But  bugger “ Stage fright” and concern my voice might let me down meant I hesitated and missed the opportunity to hail out to him and engage him in a conversation about what it was like to put Te Aihe, the new America’s cup yacht, flat on her side in the Waitemata harbour. Could kick myself .




Winning catamaran from Burmuda hung up on wall of Emirates Team New Zealand America’s Cup shed

So the “booby prize goes to .....


We found a pub where you can have a beer and play 9 or 18 holes of putt putt which is one of Courtney and Lewis favourite past times . Much laughter at the novelty of the various hole which were not straight forward as you would find at a traditional course . No one wanted to look at score card at end !!!!







ET - Phone home !!!!
 Home via supermarket for some weeks groceries and some ham for Xmas and time to put feet up and recharge.
Another rest day tomorrow then back into it for another week of radiation apart from Xmas day.


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