Saving the best for last

29 October 2011

It has taken a week to recover enough energy to post about finals' weekend.

Our camp is now closed, the fences and buildings removed and before long no-one will quite remember we were there.

We had the most amazing time running the Westhaven Campervan Park. Incredible people came through our door every day. Some of them came back time and again and felt like family.

And we were honoured to work with some very cool people; too many to mention but very dear to us nonetheless.

Here are just a few photos from the last weekend. There are so many photos they can't all be posted here, but over the next day or two I will post links to some albums in the sidebar, so keep an eye out for them.

And there is no denying, the All Blacks gave us the perfect finish to the whole wonderful experience.

The cutest fan!

Maori Nesian - the band one of our guards brought in to
entertain the guests who thought of this as home.

Resting up before the final?

So many happy campers.

This week's dress-ups

17 September 2011

Someone couldn't work out how to put his daffodil on!

This is better - and now we can't see his undies.

Simon and friends dressed for the game...

...and their camper dressed for the tour.

Quarter finals

13 October 2011

Each weekend seems to get bigger and busier. Quite a different feeling this weekend, now we've reached the knockout stage.

Many of our guests have been here two or three times now, and many more will be with us for the next two weekends, too. Noticeably fewer of them are existing on a shoestring budget - if they could afford tickets to the quarters, semis and finals, then moeny for the rest of it wasn't much of a worry.

The overall feeling is still party mode, but some are starting to look a bit jaded after weeks of travel, drinking and restaurant eating.

Quote of the week from the Argentinians:
Happy night, sad morning.

Adam from TV One did live weather forecasts from the park
on Saturday, with plenty of help from the Argentinians.

What else would you do with all this space but play rugby?

English Dave and friends enjoying a beer...

...supplied by the friendly folk from The Long Room in Ponsonby.

Pretty sure the guy in pink is in costume, but the Scotsman looked
like that most of the time.

These two were even more cheerful after France vs England game.

These guys, not so much.



And Sunday morning brought us the Whakatane tourism people with
sausages for breakfast for all.

Eggs and all the other people

4 October 2011

On Saturday we were joined by the 2 Eggs Road Trip. This was a couple of guys from Campermate promoting their new app to help campers in NZ find campsites, supermarkets, wi-fi and other services.

Campermate have been touring the country cooking free breakfasts at campgrounds and i-SITEs along the way. One of the 2 Eggs had gone missing the night before, so a camper stepped in to help and soon the delicious smells of bacon and eggs (and Craig's announcements on the loud hailer) were waking our guests from their slumber.  

This weekend was all about the English and the Scottish for us at the Westhaven Campervan Park. The English may have won the rugby, but the Scots took out the weekend for enthusiasm.

That body paint didn't wash off very well the next day.

These two just never stopped smiling.

The queue for the dumpsite on check-out day - we got a fairly good
campervan ballet going at one stage.