New Zealand surf life saving clubs offer training to both adults and to young people who may eventually wish to qualify as lifeguards. These juniors, or ‘nippers’, learn a range of skills through competitions. Harry is a Nipper and meets with his club at Pahia Beach about 45 km from Milford where he lives. We said that we would like to go and see what he did so off we set with him and Sarina. However, on our arrival we discovered that there had been an earthquake in Chile setting of a tsunami in the Pacific and affecting the east coast of NZ. All the beaches both east and west had been closed and Nippers had been cancelled for this week. We were a little concerned as Sarina and David's house is on the east coast and the ocean is at the end of their road. Fortunately there was no massive wave and the house was safe. Once the danger seemed to have passed the beach was opened and swimmers and surfers were alowed in the water. Harry had the time of his life, surfing and playing in the water and on the beach.
Having left the beach we drove to Waitakere and Sarina, David and Harry took us for a walk in the bush to Kitekite waterfall. It was a very picturesque and there was even someone swimming in the lake at the bottom and no it wasn't a child it was a man! We finished our day with a barbeque when Pete cooked the red snapper in wet newspaper.
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