After an early walk with Totty we set off for the air show. We had bought tickets online and it was $25 each for the two days which we thought was really good. It was much better organised than the one we went to with Heather last June and with very little traffic we were in and parked, I am sure it won't be like this on Sunday which is the main show - today is like a rehearsal.
We had our fold out chairs with us and got a coffee and sat and watched the goings on. After our coffee we had a walk around the site and saw some lovely old cars that had been very well restored and were immaculate. We also had a good look around some camper vans and were very impressed with one, it even had AC and so much room. However Jon is not convinced he would like to drive on around the roads over here and I don't think we would get the use out of it, you need to be retired to have one or go on a six week trip or something so maybe one day we might just hire one and do a road trip round the South Island. We then got a good spot near the fence at the front and were able to watch everything.
At lunchtime we went to a venison burger van we had seen earlier and had a really good burger with salads, very moist and much nicer than beef. It was then back to the flying and some of the displays were amazing, how people can fly upside down like that is beyond me!
There was a hospitality tent for the Port of Tauranga there and Jon knew the man who was manning it and so late in the afternoon he went to say hello and came back to say we had been invited in for a drink so off we went and the very cold glass of wine was very welcome! Grant is from Scotland but has been here for 33 years and is married to a Kiwi. He was very chatty and we got on well and it was a good end to the day.
We went home and had a cup of tea before taking Totty out. We had a bbq for dinner and sat outside as it was so warm.
WEATHER
Really hot and sunny all day.
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