Jet, Elisa & Kyra came all the way from Europe to end up surfing in Whangamata, they were standing up in no time doing extremely well.....great fun to have around on a perfect day

Some of the crew we had staying during the festival, great people having a great time.

doing my own blues number during the festival....an audiance of one puppy (Rusty) that is currently walking off!!, never mind, can only get better.

Just had the jazz art and blues festival here in Whanga, what a great weekend, this bus was used to cart people around town to the different venues the bands were playing at......roll on the next one

New colour for the Motel, almost done painting looks really good.......goodbye horrible green!!

The girls taking surf lessons in the middle of winter this year, doing pretty well.

One of the many days of great surf we had over the summer, this day there was only about 6 people out....the bonus of living at the beach

New years eve 07

another hard day at the office

all the girls doing the surf lesson thing, part of surf jam 08.....

Our fantastic Canadian friends who stayed with us for over 3 months, very sad day to see them go.

Nice relaxing spa..........

Summer 2008, one of the groups coming through, these guys all the way from Brazil.

One of the cars parading through the mainstreet during Beach Hop 2008, a great local annual event that thousands arrive for.

kayaking into the cave at the middle island Whangamata, a great little trip from the beach into this wilderness.

Into the summer in full swing, have had three weeks of perfect weather and it looks like it is set to continue.
the surf this week is playing the game with a 3 mtr swell and a light offshore, that looks like it set to be around for a while as well.......