Our recent holiday: A couple of weeks ago we travelled to Taupo for 7 days of R&R (Yay!). We stayed in a great cabin just 5km South of the town, up on a hill with a veiw of the lake. Stuart's cousin Helen joined us for a couple of days and we enjoyed the sights and food, and beat her at minigolf. The Tuesday was Stuart's birthday, which he chose to spend hiking in Tongariro National Park, the photo of Mount Tongariro above was taken from the summit of Mount Ngauruhoe. We also did a shorter, more sedate walk together around a lake called Lake Rotopounamu. We did a lake cruise, saw the maori rock carvings. tasted most of the local fare and played more minigolf (Sarah is the champion). We'll definitely be going back!