Well that went better than we thought it might. The truck was passed in after the first auction, but someone came later to do some negotiating and bought it. We got a bit more than our minimum, so that was good too.
On Sunday I went with the local tramping club to McLaren Falls up in the Kaimai Ranges. It started life as a power station in the 1920's and then a local tree group got together had planted lots and lots of trees, so it is a very pretty place. Even on a cooler day there were lots of families enjoying the sunshine. We wandered up and down the tracks and also along the path that runs along side the Ruahihi canal that takes the water to the Ruahihi dam on SH 29 to Tauranga. I have always wondered where the water came from for the dam and now I know.
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| A swan family on the canal |
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| A second waterfall along a pretty bush pathway. |
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| McLaren Falls. Not so impressive when the water is held back by the small dam |
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