Our new house!It has been an incredibly busy week. I have been out on patrol with my new section for a couple of days and also spent loads of time trying to find us somewhere to live before i fly to Wellington on 26th August. The weather has been great all week and it feels like English summer time. It's great!
We went over to Wahike island on Wednesday. It is a beautiful island just off the coast. Loads of rich people live there. It takes 45 minutes by ferry, but we went over on the police launch and did it in under 15 minutes with the mad driver!
Miami Vice!
Our transport
The City of Sails (Auckland)
A beach at Wahike Island
We had a bit of a drive around the West coast the other day. We went to a place called Piha. This is one of the best areas for surfing. It was very pretty and the beaches on the west coast have black sand, due to being volcanic.
Piha BeachToday i managed to sign up to a house in Pukekohe. It is about 40km south of Auckland city and is in a rural location. The house is still being built and has just about had the roof put on! It will not be ready until 15th October, which fits in perfectly for the date i finish at the college in Wellington. I will be picking up the keys on 20th October. It is a brand new 4 bedroom detatched house with double garage and en-siute master bedroom. I have looked around another house which is identical and they are stunning. All i need now is for our container of furniture to turn up on time!
I am flying to Wellington tommorow to complete and eight week course in Firearms, driving and law. Should be fun! Speak to you all soon. Keep in touch.
5 comments:
wow!!! Fast mover!! The house looks lovely...getting a tad jealous now!
Really pleased that you are steaming on and getting everything sorted. Hope the firearms training goes okay.
We're enjoying reading all your updates...keep us posted xxx
... congrats on the house. Looks like a stunning location.
... I'm already saving!
Good luck with the training, we get a show here called Police Patrol which is based in Auckland... oh you are gonna have fun!! :0)
Did you here about the student riot this week when they taunted the Riot Police with the Haka? ... had to laugh!
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Hi James,glad to hear things are going well. The house looks brill and I'm sure Hayley and Charlie can't wait to get over to NZ to join you. Just read your news after returning from Chamonix. How ever did you reach the summit of Mont Blanc?.....SCAREY!!!!! Sorry about the brief trial message I sent previous to this one - you know how good my computer skills are! Will email you soon. Take care. Lots of love, 'The Doll' xxxx
Glad to hear things are going ok. the house looks fab and the scenery photos bring back many memories of travelling round New Zealand. We will be visiting you all out there you can be sure of that!!!! Love Nichola and the rest of the ever increasing Barton clan x x x x
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