Picnic Lunch New Year's Day
By Val
@valmnz (17099)
New Zealand
December 31, 2017 8:14pm CST
What better way is there to start the new year than with a picnic lunch in a secluded spot in summertime New Zealand.
We went for a drive to Whanganui, a small city on the North Island's west coast and decided to drive out of town and up the river, looking for somewhere nice to have our picnic lunch. We came across this spot across the road from a small country pub that was closed for the day and decided this was a perfect place to spot. Even though we were beside the main road it was very quiet and peaceful beside the river.
On arriving home I looked up the place, Upokongaro, and discovered it was a small thriving settlement in the 1860s and where we had lunch was once the site of a river ferry crossing.
So, Happy New Year from New Zealand everyone. I hope your year has got off to as good a start as mine has.
20 people like this
21 responses
@silvermist (19702)
• India
1 Jan 18
That really is an ideal picnic spot.Good photo.We have not planned anything special.But in the evening the residents here are getting together for a New Year Party.Thanks for the wishes .I wish you a Happy New Year too.
2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (79556)
• United States
2 Jan 18
Happy New Year and hope you have a wonderful 2018. What a beautiful place to have a picnic.
2 people like this
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
1 Jan 18
I slept past 3am this morning and woke up at 8:30. Not enough sleep but I couldn't get more sleep anymore. My family and I went to the mall and my son went shopping again. It was a good day though it rained no the first day of the year.
1 person likes this
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
2 Jan 18
@valmnz Nope it hasn't because we have a typhoon. Not heavy though. It's just going to be another gloomy day.
1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (16521)
• China
1 Jan 18
Happy New Year to you ! What a charming pastoral scene !It is a great place to have your picnic lunch,
1 person likes this
@just4him (305350)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Jan 18
I stayed up and rung in the New Year, and then went to bed. Now, I'm up, the sun is shining, we have severe wind chills, with a wind chill advisory in effect for the next couple hours still, from late last night, but it's going to be a wonderful year, and I will not define it by the weather, but by what I do.
Your picnic spot looks lovely. I wish you a very Happy New Year!
1 person likes this
@allknowing (130067)
• India
1 Jan 18
I always assumed that you had an ambiance with hardly any people where you lived. I was wrong then.
1 person likes this
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
2 Jan 18
happy new year to you too val... that sounds like very pleasant way to start the new year...
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
1 Jan 18
A very Happy Picnic Lunch. I am also planning for a lunch. ..but not in the picnic but only in a restaurant. There are no picnic spots in and around this big city.
1 person likes this
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jan 18
Happy New Year to you also.
1 person likes this