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The Stones beat the Tough Mudder!
Thanks to Gopika’s awesome photography, here’s some photos from the Tough Mudder event Sarah and I just completed!! about 20km of muddy madness! Tested us to our limits. We had a team of 6 and it was definitely a team effort to get through.
I can tell you… I have one amazing tough wife! Sarah was awesome and did everything, even got electrocuted! Love her to bits!
Leg workout for a tramp…
I’m heading up tramping soon with Gav and Si. We’re planning to go Alpine and will be carrying a fair bit of weight, so thought I’d do some leg work. Went up to the local gym and was leg pressing 250kg, which is a new limit for my chickenlegs… The machine was broken and wouldn’t go down fully but still a decent attempt for a 40yo! (old man!) – I did 10x sets of 10 reps…
Quick trip to fish at The Coromandel
I took the family out for a cruisy day on the water. It was such a great day it was glassy conditions most of the time! We went around Waiheke, then ducked across the Happy Jack’s Island in the Coromandel. We saw workups, Dolphins, Penguins and got enough snapper for a good feed for dinner!
Jack can now bait his hooks himself and Livvy finally got her sealegs and now loves it!
A nice day at the beach
We spent the afternoon at Cockle Bay with the family, just hanging out. It was great to let the kids play, pickup crabs, get sunburnt and just have a great time.
Dad’s 70th Bash!
Some pics from my Dad’s 70th birthday bash. Was great to catch up with all the old family friends and it was a thoroughly fun evening! The kids had a blast!
Jack and Dad’s Camping trip to Twizel
Here’s a few sweet photos from our recent trip to the McKenzie Country. We stayed at the Lake Ruitaniwha holiday park for two nights. Absolutely awesome trip with my boy. Lots of fishing, great scenery, good company and late nights with Milo!
Totally slack basic breakfast!
This is the Temple Stream feeding the top of Lake Ohau.
We hiked a wee way up the Temple Stream at the top of Lake Ohau.
Jack has finally master his casting rhythm! Check out the style! He’s in the groove!
Check out the brave lad! Taking a dip in a high country lake (Lake Ohau).
There was a cool pontoon slide at the campground. Me and Jack just had to have a swim. Totally freezing water but really refreshing!
Pretty basic food but after a long day it did the trick!
Late night milo’s in the kitchen (Watching a Will Smith movie) 
Daddy’s awesome reliable donkey! This tub got us around in style!
Of course we had to get in the obligatory tourist shots in Tekapo!
That’s a good girl! Clean daddy’s dirty truck!
An Adventure Day!
We took the family out today for a wee adventure. First stop was the Orton Bradley Park where we went for a nice tramp. The kids did well…
Then we went to Diamond Harbour Wharf for a spot of fishing and Jack had a swim, well actually a jump off the wharf from a swinging gantry rope. Great fun! See the vids below!
Swimming in Leslie’s Pool
Here’s a snippet from the Stonecrew mucking around up the road. Jack’s just learnt to snorkle and Livvy is slowly getting the hang of swimming… Note that Livvie jumps up and bites me at one point!
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