A stay at Paekakariki Holiday Park is not complete without a walk down to the beach. Especially a walk ending in an ice-cream, a cold drink, or maybe a coffee. Simple pleasures indeed - you can see that it doesn’t take much to make this bunch of happy campers very happy indeed.
Kapiti Island from Paekakariki Beach
Looking towards Pukerua Bay
We tried out the timer delay function on the new camera, placing it at the end of the picnic table. But the camera was too low, and chopped off our heads. The suggestion was made to place it on one of the ice-cream containers to give it extra height. There, that’s better. Robin balanced it carefully on top of the empty ice-cream container, set the timer, then ran back quickly and sat down. We waited expectantly for the flashing red light, then click, the photo was taken.
Robin, Jenny, Dot and Derek at the beach
A couple of hardy souls in wet suits walked across the near empty beach carrying their surf boards. The tide was out so they had quite a walk to get to deeper water. We watched, eyes squinting in the bright glare as they waited for a big wave to carry them back in.
.Let’s go surfing
Ambling back to camp we peered over peoples fences, admired gardens, noticed a couple of rusty caravans, and generally just wandered along enjoying the walk and the company. There were plenty of birds on the overhead power lines, sitting and chirping away. I wonder how they reacted to all the earthquakes over the weekend? Did they fly away chirping loudly in fright each time the ground moved and the power lines swung madly? Or maybe like our cat Muffy, they didn’t notice anything amiss at all?
Birds on a wire or two
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