We’re back on the island, and we’re back on the air (well, Internet). Our myisland.co.nz link broke down over the weekend, abruptly ending transmission to you loyal readers. We could hear you all gasping as you searched in vain for our updates. But I see things are up and running again.

Here on Fantasy Island we decided to go exploring today and climbed to the top of our 13 acres. Yes, we’ve owned this piece of dirt for nearly two years, and have only been using about an acre of it! Today we climbed up to the top of the hill at the back of the property, through an amazing glade of native forest with aged nikau and kauri, and emerged at the peak to stunning views across the whole of Tryphena Harbour and across to Coromandel. I’d include a photo, but sadly we didn’t take the camera. So it looks like we’ll have to climb the ruddy hill all over again tomorrow.