Onetangi Beach is a wonderful neighborhood on the isolated end of Waiheke Island. I have been living here for several weeks now. I stay incredibly busy with to jobs. One is at the Shell station about 300 meters from the beach. My other job is painting a $3 million house 25 minutes walk from the gas station. The owner is very nice and he is always adding jobs to be done. So far I have oiled the ceder walls and stained the deck. I have also helped with the construction of a trail leading down to the beach. The house is on a very steep incline and a rocky beach is about 100m down from the house.
The Shell station has offered to extend my visa for 2 more years if I choose. I have yet to decide if I want to do this, but I really want to stay for the entire Kiwi summer. My original plan was to travel to Tonga for a holiday before I look for work in Australia, where I have a work visa approved. I feel very comfortable here, but I will need to decide very quickly.
