Opononi Stories


Sand Surfing in Opononi

Early (up at 7am) & off to the pool at Kerikeri. I did 30 lengths, Mag 40, Nick 67! Then , after lengthy debate, Jessie & Harry stayed home, Dave was at work, & the rest of us set off to Opononi on the west coast. On arrival, we checked at the i-site about sand surfing over the water on the sandhills. We were lucky, 20 minutes later (1pm) the ...


The Highest Beach

I won’t say I was woken up by Palin this morning, but he definitely prevented form getting back to sleep. I woke up and rummaged for my phone to see what the time was. Only quarter to 8, so I thought I’d doze for a bit. Palin did not have the same thought. He leapt up onto the bed and made it as difficult as possible to ignore him. So I up I got. Aft...