Katikati, New Zealand

This is long overdue and I don't have much time at all, but here is a quick recap of our first two weeks of the ISV project. We got there and met everyone and our project leader (we got the best one). During the 2 weeks we stayed in a tiny town with not ...

... the size and weight of the vehicle, and the fiendishly wiggly, hilly roads of the outskirts of Katikati, and characteristic, I fear, of the whole of New Zealand, combined on this inaugural flight to give me the impression that I could, given a decent run ...

... some getting used to!  This is possibly why they don't export it overseas.  Their slogan? "World Famous in New Zealand ".  It's sweet as.   The giant L&P bottle had some history of the drink around it, including ...

... so instead of travelling to the famed Bay of Islands, we opted for the quieter Coromandel Peninsula. Our first stop was Katikati, though technically this is not yet the Coromandel Peninsula. On the way we stopped Minden Lookout, which had a great view ...