A brilliant sunny day which started cool but soon warmed up considerably although there was always a cooling breeze. Today we were driving along the Tutukaka coast which is stunning. We started at Whananaki which has a beautiful estuary and apparently the longest footbridge in the Southern Hemisphere ( The LLW suggested I test its length but I was not up for that today.
We then headed south passing numerous wonderful bays including Sandy Bay, Wooley's Bay and Matapouri Bay. Here the LLW conjured up some lovely tuna fish mayonnaise sandwiches and then properly fortified Ray went swimming, braving the swell of the Pacific Ocean,
It is peak holiday season in NZ and all of the beaches are busy and the car parks even busier. Before I had extracted the Camper Van from our space at Matapouri, two cars had already moved in making my car park three point turn a little tricky.
On we went to the port of Tutukaka where the LLW had her eyes on an ice cream. We walked down to the jetty then along to a small parade of shops and phew amongst these shops was an ice cream parlour.
Next stop was to again meet up with the Price family this time at their beautiful house on the outskirts of Ngunguru. the views from the house were stunning; across the bays and ocean on one side and of the sub tropical forest on the other.
We spent a lovely time with them and as usual Rosie took centre stage, on this occasion discovering one of Rich's Christmas presents, a box of Ferrero Rocher and proceeding to demolish them in double quick time.
On our way back to the camp site we had time to visit the Parahaki lookout with wide ranging views across Whangarei and the estuary.
Back at the camp site, the BBQ was quickly in action and in very quick time we were enjoying really good lamb chops.
It is peak holiday season in NZ and all of the beaches are busy and the car parks even busier. Before I had extracted the Camper Van from our space at Matapouri, two cars had already moved in making my car park three point turn a little tricky.
On we went to the port of Tutukaka where the LLW had her eyes on an ice cream. We walked down to the jetty then along to a small parade of shops and phew amongst these shops was an ice cream parlour.
We spent a lovely time with them and as usual Rosie took centre stage, on this occasion discovering one of Rich's Christmas presents, a box of Ferrero Rocher and proceeding to demolish them in double quick time.
Back at the camp site, the BBQ was quickly in action and in very quick time we were enjoying really good lamb chops.
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