going to Mitimiti

Last week I had to skip school because my great grand father died.
Our whole family came from Australia and even from England.
About fifty people came to the tangi/funeral and some people came and we didn't even know them.
We had a long trip all the way to Mitimiti but it was fun with all of my cousins there and sometimes we even went to the desert well it's the beach we just call it the desert because you can see tumble weeds strolling around.