The history of Maksdaddy - Homes

The first home I lived in was named Tutbury and located 25 minutes north of Auckland city. It's physical location was in the cross over of Albany, Dairy Flat and Coastville on a 10 acre block (4 hectres) with a 250 meter ong gravel driveway. In fact the entire road we lived on was gravel up until I was about 8 years of age... approximately. Our house was located about 1km from the main highway which is now the 'old highway' and was a much travelled route before the new motorway system came into play. Technically we weren't located in the General Auckland area but rather considered part of northland or the Rodney Council as our house was located just across the border but neither matters as i support Canterbury Rugby. (akld sux)
The house started out as a small two level 70's house with a master bedroom upstairs which Mom and dad would say I seemed to find easily enough after a houdini out of my cot. It later grew in a full two level house moving the main bedrooms upstairs which was renovated when I was around 8-9 years of age.
A pool was put in, further sections to the farm were placed, Dad built himself a barn at the back which in later years mom uses as a storage place for all our belongings plus several of karyns ex-partners. The school bus would pick Karyn and I just near the top left of the above shown picture to take us to Dairy Flat primary (noted below in a previous blog).
Whilst there I had 3 goats, Chocolate, Jimmy and Snow. 5 cats, Gulliver, Fluffy, Knight, Storm and Charlie. we had two Rabbits, Thunderbird and donald, 2 roosters and several chickens, anything more would be stretching my memory.
We used to play cricket in the back yard and in the later years used to practise my golf shots. A better half of 2 decades of my life were spent living here so too much to cover in a single blog..... Tomorrow, the move to Bangkok Thailand.