Te Punga Homestead

06/05/2012

Smokin some eel

06/05/2012

02/05/2012

The Busby Family from Australia about to do a Canoe Trip down the beautiful Whanganui River

19/04/2012

The Mayor of Whanganui on her way to town along the Whanganui River Road to Cornmarket Reserve with the North Island cycle tour collecting donations for the St Johns Ambulance, Westpac Rescue helicopter and the Hikurangi Trust. They have just passed Te Punga Homestead

27/02/2012

Dee & Roger from the UK camped the night with us @ Te Punga, they have been cycling around the world for 2yrs, it was an absolute joy to have met them both and to hear there story, they are amazing, here they are packing there gear on cycles for the next part of there Journey on the Whanganui River. Check out there blog http://www.afistfullofgears.co.uk/ especially what they have said about the Whanganui River.

18/01/2012

Getting no work done here as we too busy waving to all the cars

02/01/2012

We had loads of fun seeing the New Year in at Te Punga with 6 of our Aussie friends eating great food, drinking all the duty free, fireworks and mustering.

12/12/2011

Have our first campers staying tonight getting a break from the rain, settling in with a hot shower and a few beers

01/12/2011

Te Punga signs are up. For those who don't know Te Punga is what my father called this area and it means The Anchor of a canoe, which is perfect considering we are located in a river.