Farmers Market @ Mount Maunganui

Happy Easter day! It was Easter Day when we went to Mount Maunganui this time. We heard that there will have a Farmers Market on that day, so we visited Mount Maunganui again. It was so crowded early in the morning and most of the booths were selling fresh vegetable, fruits, plants, meats, honey, cheese and food. Besides Farmers Market, there were some free performances and children games can be found at there. “Photos speaks louder than words”, let’s enjoy the photos we captured on that day as it's quite fun:P

Welcome to the Farmers Market!

Fresh vegetables and fruits stall

Plants~~

NZ Honey :)

Selling mini doughnut in a caravan, so cute^^

Visiting the shops around there

So wish to play with the "castle" behind

Face Painting, but it was long queue :(

Cute car :)

Yummy cheese :P

Pizza

Meats

"Snakes"@@, the seller was so creative, it was soooo cute!

Where is the seller? Yeah, he was helping us to take this photo and we were helping him to sell the Macadamias..lol

 Pies

 Flowers

 Live band :P

Pasta

hotdog~~

Paintings

Magic show

Everyone is craving for POPCORNS..lol

 

He is real man

What a beautiful sky^^

Guess what we have for our lunch?

Yes, Burger Fuel~

Delicious~~

Easter Eggs for Easter Day :P

Hope you enjoy the photos and stay tuned for the next post.

A trip to Mount Maunganui

While working in Te Puke, normally there will have 1 or 2 off days for us to rest; this is always the best time for us to have a one-day-trip to some nearby towns.  As told by our friends we known from kiwi fruit packhouse, Mount Maunganui is a town in Bay of Plenty that worth to pay a visit.

We went to Mount Maunganui for more than once as there are plenty of places we can visit at there, such as the beaches, the mount, and the shops around the town.

Beach with Mount Maunganui 

:P

:D

Another side of the beach

Besides the beaches and mount, there is a Chinese restaurant nearby Countdown and Warehouse named China Town Restaurant & Take Aways.  Many of our friends recommended us to try on the lunch or dinner buffet as the food is delicious and worth for the price. Yeah, the food is yummy and we enjoyed our lunch pretty much at there.

Price for the buffet

Dessert time

Variety of food choices and eat as much as you can!

:P

Yummy~~

We were looking for a vinery where we can take some photos with the grapes, but we could not find one of it and finally found this Mills Reef winey and restaurant.  You can enjoy your meal at the restaurant or buy your favourite wine at the wine shop.

Mills Reef

Wine tasting :P

Still tasting after so many bottles@@ See the cheese there? It’s yummy~~

Finally we got ours!

That’s all for now, thanks for reading^^, there are more about Mount Maunganui to be shared with you guys soon :P

The Fashion Island – Papamoa

During our time as kiwi packers in Te-Puke, we always visit to a town called Papamoa to satisfy our shopping desires. It takes about 20 minutes drive to Papamoa from Te-Puke. This town is famous with the Papamoa beach and Fashion Island. You can also do your grocery and household shopping at Pak’N Save, New World and Warehouse.

We spotted someone selling “Cheap Rocks Melons” on our way to Papamoa, so we get off to have a look and tasted it.

 We were looking for the sweetest melons to bring home

Finally, we reached Fashion Island where you can find many shops are selling clothes, accessories and shoes.

 

We found our shops here... :P

Tips: You can find free hangers from some shops such as JayJay, Supreme in NZ. This time JayJay is giving out free hanger, it helps us from saving the hanger cost.

Lucky Dips selling at one of the shops

If Fashion Island does not fulfill your shopping desires, you can continue shopping at Warehouse, New World and Pak’N Save which are located besides Fashion Island.

 

 Our groceries of the week

At one of our times to Papamoa, we saw double rainbows! It’s DOUBLE RAINBOWS!! To take some photos for memory, we keep turning the roundabouts before turning into Papamoa road, it’s funny but we were horned by the cars behind. Oops, sorry: P

Papamoa Beach

Pipi picking session again~

Dig dig dig

Faster grab the pipi when the waves get back

What a windy and cold morning

Our harvest

Playing with the birds@@

There are some hotels around the beach for tourists to spend their days with the lovely beach, but not for us, we got to back to Te Puke to cook the Pipi as our lunch.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next enjoyable experience in another town.