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Day 17 Auckland to Paihia
Kept waking up during the night, probably just excited about starting the tour around NZ. Stray bus arrived at 8am, 12 other passengers, mix of Brits other Europeans and 1 Aussie, nice group all friendly. @ James, no GILFS or ladies called Doris. Travelled north up the coast to Paihia with several stops along the way to take in the sights, enjoy a …
The Kauri Forest
... tree hugging because the roots are sensitive, so we looked from the boardwalk. The kauri look a lot like a big gum tree.
As we walked through the forest we kept a lookout for kiwi birds, but they are nocturnal and we're not.
We arrived in Paihia, a small beach town on the east coast the Bay of Islands in the late afternoon. We checked into the Seabeds Backers and found the newly remodeled room to be more than adequate. ...
I am a fisherman!
... 3 runs. My legs were a bit tired of hiking up the dune so I took a break.
Then we headed to 90 Mile Beach. This beach is actually considered to be a highway during low tide. You shouldn't drive on the beach 3 hours either side of high tide as the tide may wash your car out to sea, or some sections may be blocked by the sea or the sand too wet to drive on. We were flying down the beach and there were some nice views.
We stopped at an ancient kauri ...
THE KIWI EXPRESS
... to announce this to the bus who also laughed...but don't worry, I wasn't stupid enough to also list my numerous allergies. I think that's a bit too much when meeting new people. I met a few girls on the bus, who I later stayed with in the hostel. Our first stop was to Paihia and 'The Bay of Island's' which means 'Good Place'. I also learnt that there are roughly 35million sheep i New Zealand. So far ive seen 2or 3. I arranged to stay here for ...
Return to the Bay of Islands
... dried off in my room!
Although it was still raining I didn't want to be stuck indoors so I drove a few Kilometres to Haruru Falls. This was a pleasant surprise because the heavy showers meant that the river was running fast over the falls, I was able to get some good pics.
I then went to see the famous Hundertwasser toilets in Kawakawa (yes, you read right), see the photos as I'll leave it at that :)
The rest of the evening was spent shovelling down ...
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- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
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