I've just returned from a week at Mt Maunganui. Our Prime Minister asked us all to go on holiday and bring mountains of money in to local businesses because, with no overseas tourists, the resort towns are striking out. Naturally, I had to obey Jacinda. I mean, like, come on, it was almost a royal order.
What a surprise it was at Mt Maunganui? On a Sunday, there were thousands upon thousands of people all walking beside Main Beach. It was a shock. I'd been closeted away for months and, suddenly, to be confronted by crowds was quite scary. The shops were going for social distancing but nobody walking beside the water was even giving social distancing a thought..
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Yesterday, I visited Wellington Zoo. It's free until end of June (bookings through their website). The otters were so adorable. Here is a little puddle of otters (actually, I believe it's a raft of otters but I like 'a puddle' better) -
PPS: In NZ, today is the Saturday of Queen's Birthday Weekend and everyone gets Monday off as a public holiday. Of course, the queen's real birthday is 21 April but we can't keep changing dates to suit whoever happens to be the reigning monarch. I guess in a few years it will become King's Birthday Weekend.
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