39 Dethleffs Motorhomes of all shapes and sizes arrived in Miranda ready to catch up with old friends and see other Motorhomes. There were quite a few first timers at this event but also the old hands that could remember others names to catch up with people they met earlier.
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The first day was about settling the vans down and wandering around to see where everyone was and having a swim in the hot pool.
Later in the day, there was happy hour for everyone to get together and there was an impromptu shared meal between a dozen or so friends in the evening.
There was a really funny moment after the meal when we were all sitting around having a few drinks and a few laughs. There was a group of about 20 odd teenagers on the table next to us and there were about 8 of us by then. A lady in the group stood up to make a speech and as soon as she started, one of our group started singing happy birthday and others joined in. She was saying no no, then gave up but our group stopped singing. Everyone was laughing. Then we found out it was an engagement so there were lots of congratulations from us too! Great time. 😂😂
Because Fiona was working late on the Friday, she arrived in the car around 8:30.
The next morning was the bike ride to Kaiaua or to a cafe up the road. There were about 19 bike riders on bikes! A great turnout. Most were riding the 13k’s or so to the Kaiaua for lunch.
Fiona and I followed them and got pictures of them at stops with the car.
When we arrived at the pub, well before the cyclists, Quin the Manager had just arrived and was about to open so perfect timing.
We all went out to the back beer garden with the bikes and ordered coffees and lunch. Fiona and I had an amazing pizza.
About an hour or so there, we started the trek back.
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Back to the hot pool and then later at 4, we had the team photo. Where we normally do the piccy was really boggy, so we had to move out to the motorhome parking.
Happy Hour came next, and the place was chocker with people.
Then came the shared meal and the meals were restaurant quality… just amazing and everyone got a great feed with some going back for seconds. Fantastic.
On the last day (Sunday Morning) we caught up again for a farewell coffee together.
A great event with lots of fun and thanks to everyone for coming.
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