The night before Ricks birthday, which was also our last night in Auckland AND the night the All Blacks played in the final, we had a bit of a birthday celebration for Tricky on the very auspicious occasion of him turning forty. Welcome to the club Rudy!
Warming up for the big family photo fest
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And here we all are together. Nobody is quite sure which camera to look at though (there was a couple on the go) and I don't think anyone got a shot with us all looking at one camera at the same time.
The kids had painted a birthday card - that's us all playing rugby on the beach earlier that day. Not sure who that is with the scary hair.
Toby and Luca. Toby is starting to look a little weary from the last few days of action
Then it was time to settle in for the big game
Boys with flags
The next morning - Ricks actual birthday - we drove into the city to have a walk around the viaduct and then to head on to the cruise ship which would bring us home to Brisbane.
The viaduct was very busy - everyone was out in force to celebrate the big win
So funny, someone offered to take this photo of us, and while they were doing so another tourist just stopped quickly to take a photo of us as well - on their own camera! Talk about exhibit 'A'
We headed over to the wharf to board the Pacific Dawn, which we did just before the ticker tape parade of the All Blacks started. We got to see some of it from the decks though without the crowds.
All in all a fantastic few days in NZ - thanks to everyone for your time / bedrooms / cars etc. It is my personal mission to get back for more as soon as I can.
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