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| Holiday Beach Bach. Families come back to the same beach/holiday home for 5 plus generations. |
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| Proud of the fish and Rock Lobster caught on holiday |
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| Launching a boat by tractor at the beach |
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| Kids playing with family at a skate park during school holidays. |
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| Sushi making over the holiday with Jack and Dad/Scott |
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Kids on holiday, enjoying a chat!
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Holidays in New Zealand are like stepping back in time and grabbing onto the traditional values of family time and relaxing together. The schools have three two week breaks from school, where families plan short vacations or visits to their holiday baches. The break over the Christmas holidays, summer, is about 6 weeks, in which many parents take off of work, stores limit hours, and it seems that the country just slows down for family time and holiday. Many people own these holiday homes/baches and often have had the bach passed down for many generations. I was able to go on a long Labour Day weekend with the Lees’ who have been coming to the same beach for 5 generations. They have only shifted homes once, and couldn’t imagine not spending the summer vacation here. Many barbeques occur, along with the fish frys and sausage sizzles that are so popular. I am so thankful that some of my family will be coming to join me in this wonderful tradition of sharing quality time together, just relaxing and enjoying each other.
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