#1390 Thornton Beach To Mt Maunganui: Jumping Pillow, Floods, Giant Kiwifruit, Surf Festival

On day 29 we played on a jumping pillow, drove through the aftermath of a cyclone, climbed inside a giant kiwifruit, washed our motorhome and checked out the Festival of Surf Sport.

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• Thornton
• Beach
• Muggles
• Quidditch
• Moutohorā
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• Cyclone
• Wilma
• floods
• flooded
• flooding
• route
• 66
• highway
• patrol
• kiwifruit
• kiwi
• 360
• Mount
• Maunganui
• Mt
• Mauao
• Golden
• Grove
• Holiday
• Park
• car
• wash
• Festival
• of
• Surf
• Sport
• lifeguards
• lifeguard
• surf
• lifesaving

[jimaaaa]

The self-service car wash.. How much did it cost altogether eventually? Just curious if it wouldn't be cheaper to go to a classical one.. :). But it wouldn't be such a good exercise, wouldn't it.. :)

[thedailyenglishshow]

@jimaaaa I think we spent $9. I think the regular automatic car wash machines might be cheaper - but I don't think this vehicle fits in them. Also if I washed a small car then it would be quicker, so maybe it would have cost about $6? So maybe it works out about the same.

[englishwob]

Professional Quidditch team?

Form for more than one fruit is "fruits"?

[thedailyenglishshow]

@englishwob Quidditch is a game in Harry Potter :) "Fruit" can be countable or uncountable. It's usually an uncountable noun, so the plural is "fruit". "We stopped to buy some fruit." If you're emphasizing different kinds of fruit, the countable noun can be used. I just found this example online: "Aside from their health benefits, there are plenty of other reasons to love the following tropical fruits…"

[EdEditz]

Pretty surreal looking images of the cyclone aftermath. Lovely video!

[thedailyenglishshow]

@EdEditz Thank you :)

[SauronsEye]

Even after storm damage, the place looks lovely. Will have to visit one day.

[skippyXG]

Awesome editing & filming as usual. Two thumbs up!

[char958]

took my holiday in nz about 5 yrs ago. best holiday ever!

wish i took it with her - she sure is cute...

she and i could have made a much better movie!! haha

[TheGeekSam]

You guys definatly deserve more views, very well produces and narrated!