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The Bay of Islands
We left Kaitaia bright and early for our 3 hour drive south to the Bay of Islands where we would stay in the small village of Russell. As we had on other days, we routed our drive to take us to a couple of sites that were listed in the NZ Frenzy book.
First stop was St. Paul’s Rock near the town of Whangaroa. The “ …
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Finally Figs!
... looking forward to figs with goat's cheese and reduced balsamic....to me it's like oysters or mangos...a very sensual food....mmmm
Other than the bliss of fig season, I am enjoying my last week in the Bay of Islands. The gorgeous bays, islands and inlets are making me understand the joy and freedom that a sail boat would provide... maybe one day, now i am dreaming of tropical islands, sailing away to fiji ...
Baby
... that this was a possibility and so just had to remember where I was and why. As Claire said, there would be plenty of Auntie Dawn time when I get home. Tears of happiness and sadness wiped dry, I started my route back down the SH1, which was so busy with people coming out of Auckland. Deciding I didn't want to spend the journey looking at queues of traffic, I took the more scenic, if slightly long route of SH16, which was very pretty. Finally, in ...
Your history
... after chatting to the lady at the I Site (information centre, to you and me), I treated myself to a glass of wine at the famous Duke of Marlborough Hotel (refreshing rascals and reprobates since 1827) and tried to work out my itinerary for my final week in New Zealand. All sorted, and wine consumed, I picked up some chips to have with my beef rissoles, got back to the campervan and sat outside enjoying the weather and my ...
Pretty Paihia
... cloudy in the morning. However, that didn't deter our very enthusiastic guide. Our first stop (at like 10am) were these huge sand dunes...but rather an merely look at them and take photos we all had a go at sandboarding down them. Despite the initial cold it was really fun - you can pick up a hefty amount of speed whilst racing headfirst down a steep sand dune, with only your toes as breaks!! The hardest part was definitely the long climb to the top of the dune, but it ...


