Your Hosts

Jenny and Bob are recognised for their hospitality and welcome guests to share their home.

Jenny was brought up in Adelaide, South Australia and is now proud to be a New Zealand citizen.

She worked as a Company Secretary and after her children were grown, was appointed as a School Secretary and worked for 10 years in this role.

She trained as a classical pianist, was a State Netball representative, played tennis and in later years won many A grade titles in Lawn bowls.

Bob was born in Hamilton, New Zealand and was educated in Cambridge. He trained there as a joiner, but shifted to Queensland, Australia in 1968 and spent 27 years there before returning to his homeland.

Past interests include rugby, swimming, hiking, shooting, hunting and golf; however at 49 years old, a change of lifestyle saw him train as a scuba-diving instructor.

In 1987, he met his future wife, Jen and they became a team, working a dive shop and boat.

This led on to establishing an underwater video business, filming tourists doing one-off dives off a large Barrier Reef boat.

After 10 years of this, they built a house at Ohope, New Zealand and shifted back permanently.

Since shifting to Tairua in 2002, her interests have been reading, fishing, bridge, gardening design and learning computer skills.

On the local scene, she was President of the local Contract Bridge club for 2 years, a volunteer and committee member of the Information Centre for 4 years, a helper at the Care & Friendship club looking after the elderly and Secretary/Treasurer of the @home NEW ZEALAND association for the Coromandel Peninsula.

She has certificates in Safe Food Handling, First Aid and is very proud that Colonial Homestay was a runner-up in the AA Spirit of Hospitality Award for 2008, an award voted for by guests.

Operating their Colonial Homestay has given both Bob and Jenny much pleasure and satisfaction to meet new people and make new friends.

Read what previous guests have written in our guest book.

Our aim is to make your stay with us a very relaxed and happy one.
Colonial Homestay - 202 Paku Drive, Tairua, Coromandel, NEW ZEALAND - Phone: +64 7 864 7743 - Fax: +64 7 864 7743
www.colonialhomestay.co.nz - email:enquiries@colonialhomestay.co.nz
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