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| Sunset over Thames - with Elena |
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| Scenery between Thames and Paeroa |
This is the yet unfinished story of a German - Spanish couple with five children who left their home in Germany to widen their horizon at the other end of the world - New Zealand. They moved from Mainhardt (Lkr Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg) to spend 2+ years in Thames (Coromandel, Waikato, North Island) in September 2010.
| The proud interior architect, Elena |
| Seaside walk along the mangroves |
| Elena helps Daniel with his knitting chaos - can't he just knit at home? |
| Shells and flotsam, though plenty, still fascinating... |
| Homes by the sea |
| Two Pukekos |
| A random cat that liked us |
| Some impressions from our garden |
| This is Tui, our cat |
| Elena occupied with DIY to embellish our garden shed |
| Taken from a bushwalk nearby |
| Typical bush |
| Oystercatcher |
| Bottlebrush Tree |
| I don't know the name of this ubiquitous plant... |
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| "Gate" to the bush 50 m behind our house |
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| Spring, at last |
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| "Near this spot Capt Cook landed on the banks of the river he named Thames - 30th Nov 1759" |
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| Launch your boat here! |
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| Typical evening scene at home |
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| The "Rhodes Park" in Thames, an important social hub! |
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| Can you find Daniel? |
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| He is very engaged... |
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| ...and got his reward as best player of his team! |
| Her you can see Felix ... if you know him. |