Ok, so here we go!
1st to brave the long haul flight was my mam. The route was Teesside to Heathrow, Heathrow to Bangkok, Bangkok to Sydney, Sydney to Wellington, Wellington to Owhiro Bay. The last part wasn't a flight, obviously.
Here's a few pics of the events, and as we are still playing catch up on what's been going on - it's pics and very brief description! If you look closely, you'll even see Marrisa!!
The main activities during mams stay were: wine drinking, BBQ's, trips to the beach / Zoo / Cafes / City and even the out-of-hours emergency hospital.
We had a great time, took in plenty of sights and Mam got to spend 3 weeks being badgered by Bethany!
So the time we had was fantastic, Mam went home with about 1000 photos and a few bottles of expensive wine. We had about 10 days to recoup before the next guests were scheduled to arrive.
Michael