Pukawa Era
1994-2001
1994
December - Christmas - Pukawa with Dorothy - dropped spuds
December - New Year at Halligans/McCreas
Starting to make changes
Christmas with Dorothy at Pukawa
Dropping the Christmas spuds
1995
January - SI trip with Dorothy and FredaMay - NZ wins the America’s Cup
June - Bali
July - NZ lose Rugby World Cup Final to SA
July - UK - cycling in the Dales and Lake District
August - South America with R&D
December - Mulched pines with Cliff
December - Christmas - NI trip with Mike, Shelagh, David and Jack - New Plymouth, Gisbourne, Coromandel
SI trip with Mum in Freda
Bali - mas gigi
Dales cycle trip
South America trip
Mike & Shelagh Christmas trip
New Year bagpipes with John & Caro
1996
January - Renovations - kitchen, deck and gardensJanuary - Working bee - tree planting
February - Tongariro Northern Citcuit
February - Roy & Jean visit - Freda oil spill and hitched lift with Peter & Kathy
June - Australia - Sydney (Alex and Aussie Rules). Cairns, DTHH Salamis, Airlie Beach
June - Ruapehu erruption
June - Got jobs in Auckland
Renovated the kitchen
Planted lots of trees
Built decks
Jean & Roy visit
Tongariro Northern Circuit
Down town Home Hill
Got jobs in Auckland
Abel Tasman for Christmas
Nelson Lakes for New Year
1997-2001
Working in AucklandSpent every other weekend at Pukawa
In 2001 we moved to France and Kim & Mark lived at Pukawa
1997 Dorothy
Enid
John, Brigid & Claire
1998 John learning to cast
Extending the deck and adding the hot tub
Apres ski
1999 Dorothy, Jean & Roy visit
Ken, Sally & friends
2000 baby sitting
2001-2003
We left our jobs in Auckland in March 2001We spent 2 years in France. Kim & Mark moved in.
We sold Pukawa in January 2003
A final soak in the hot tub
Farewell dinner with Cliff, Brenda, Kim & Mark
All packed up for our next adventure