Our trips to Kate's homeland usually involve rushing around to catch up with as many of our friends and relatives as we can. Luckily, we are getting wiser. We have ensconced ourselves at Wendy and Graeme's farm and are encouraging everyone to visit us here, instead.
Wendy and Graeme's house on the farm
We did very well at getting people to visit. In fact, the whole family showed up.
Oh, did I forget to mention that Wendy and Graeme's son and new daughter-in-law conveniently held a wedding on the farm, too?
Congrats, you two crazy kids!
Arriving a week early, we were heavily involved in the setup. This involved the construction of a new bridge on the road up to the house and the installation of a new liner in the pool. To the non-tropically located readers, a pool may sound like a luxury, but I can assure you that it is essential for a good portion of the year.
Kate dusts off her bridge-building experience, inspecting the new abutments and bridge deck.
Sean dusts off his lifeguarding experience, ensuring the new pool liner stays in place.
Once all the infrastructure work had been done, we were a few of the many hands that set up the marquee ('tent' in North American parlance) and reception area for Sam and Emily's wedding.
Nic, who was the chief flower wrangler. What an effort!
Buffy adds some artistic style to every moment.
Even MORE flowers and greenery
A dance floor - we will put that to work later.
OOPS
Susan, Kate and Wendy looking marvellous in their fancy frocks
The professional photographer was left to gather a proper record of the actual event, but here is one shot of the ceremony.
Not having to rush from lounge room to lounge room meant that we plenty of hang-time on the farm. We spent days sitting in the large, screened-in deck and time amongst the avocados and on the dam in the kayaks.
Hanging out with the locals.
Kate and Lynda paddle on the dam.
We didn't get to many of the tourist stops but we had lovely, casual catch-up time with many of the family and friends that came a few days early, stayed a few days beyond or even made a special trip up (that's you, Lynda and girls!) to see us.
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