A&P Show and A Cool Down.....

At the Rotorua A&P Show The Cousin was raring to get going to look round the joint, but his 'entourage' was slowing him down ;o)


L4 had a few slides on the giant bouncy slide:



While L8 took Our Mate for a few trillion bounces in the bouncy castles:


And A10 and H7 whirled themselves silly on the Chair-o-Plane:



And The Twins (4yo) drove themselves round in the Mini Jeeps:


We had a chat with Cherry The Clown (we felt he was talking down to us, though):


On our way to practice "Get Down and Get Out" at the NZ Fire Service display:


We saw the cutest little Highland calves:


And saw plenty of majestic Clydesdales:


Had some Pony Rides:







Saw some Boer goats:


Some *brown* Black Sheep:


Some Miniature Horses:


Some fat little Beagles?:


Some Bullocks and a wagon:


After all that action we were keen to cool down at the lake:


A10 thinks he's the Kayak King now:


Unfortunately for us, he didn't even fall out with all that showing off!:


There was a lot of pollen on the lake, but the stream was beautifully crisp and cool:


And amazingly clear:


The Cousin looks like he's done this all before:


The effort on his face tells you something about his helpful load on the back, I think ;o)


And a well-earned rest:


While Our Mate waited on shore after his little dip:


L8 took this photo of him and his Mum:


An opportunity not to be missed, The Lad and I ventured out together - usually one of us would stay on shore with the kids that couldn't fit, lol: