Filled to the Brim

This  really is the last load – we’ve had quite enough of traipsing back and forth to Levin and the lock-up.  Who would have thought that we had quite so much “stuff” tucked away.  So here we go, once again.

Ready to roll once again

We really did have a bit of bother fitting the final few things in.  Some furniture was pulled out and turned around, boxes were rearranged, other items were poked into holes, and the last few things were fitted in snugly.  There really is no more room left.

Filled to the brim

There was simply no room at all for our fold-up outdoors table and seat combo.  Luckily our friends Dot and Derek kindly offered to store it for us in their back yard while our new home is being built.  It was quite an effort to get this heavy piece of wooden furniture off the trailer and carry it around to the back of the property.

Outdoor furniture on the move

After lunch, we had a another drop-off to do.  Brother Gary had purchased Robin’s motor mower as our villas come complete with a handyman who cuts the lawns.  As we were unloading the lawn mower at Gary’s house, one of the neighbours came up to see what we were doing.  He was part of the local  “Neighbour Watch” so very properly checked us out.  After all, strangers who pull up outside a house with a big trailer when the occupants are away at work could well be burglars up to no good!  We introduced ourselves, explained why we were there, and the neighbour was then quite happy, his job done. 

Kapiti Island seen from the top of Pukerua Bay Hill

We pulled off the road at the top of Pukerua Bay Hill, and looked out at the hazy Kapiti Island away in the distance.  Pukerua Bay is linked with the legendary figure Haunui-a-nania, who came here during the pursuit of his unfaithful wife, Wairaka. She had run away from the Mahia Peninsula with  her lover Weku.  As Hau pursued the pair he  marked the events of his journey by the names he gave to rivers along the coast.  Many present-day place names such as Otaki, Ohau and Waikanae record incidents in the quest which ended just south of Pukerua.  Legend goes Hau caught the run-aways at Pukerua Beach and brought about their deaths.  He changed his wife's lover into a bird he ordered Wairaka to go into the sea and collect shell fish. Her husband then cursed her and turned her into stone, so the story goes.