Day 16 - Internet is hard to find, so it's difficult to post to the blog. Pull up a chair, y'all, and set a while as you have many days of catchin' up...So it seems that we have reached a crossroads in life where 
we're unwilling to thumb a ride and sleep on the ground...and at the same time, we're not too excited about becoming too yuppie and spending upwards of $200 a night on MOTELS (some are pretty grim)... So starts our dark descent into 'Ma and Pa Land' and motorhomes (ok, so we own a westfalia, but this is totally different) Anyhoo, got ourselves a 'campa' today and headed out for the Northland. Set a course for straight north out of Auckland. Many nice places to check out. Orewa has a great beach - we couldn't resist a stroll... then on to Warkworth. This was the first time J really got the sense of 
having been here before ...that is, actually recognizing something. ...However driving into Warkworth was a different matter - we looked at each other and said "This has changed"...as in, we remember Warkworth as being a quaint little one-street town, but now... it's bloody huge and ugly! The old Warkworth Inn we stayed at years ago is now a grubby bar, complete with tattoo parlour and takeaway shop, but the structure was unchanged so we had a look around just to refresh our memories...in actual fact, the place hasn't changed at all - except that the common room is now full of slot machines and the usual group of zombies and no one is manning the front desk..and...and... and what's that smell? ...ah well, the riverfront park looked pretty much as it did, and all the same ducks were still there...(honest, mate - i recognized them). We stopped for the night at Waipu Cove - also a nice beach, but as the sun sets by 5PM, we didn't have much time to enjoy it.
we're unwilling to thumb a ride and sleep on the ground...and at the same time, we're not too excited about becoming too yuppie and spending upwards of $200 a night on MOTELS (some are pretty grim)... So starts our dark descent into 'Ma and Pa Land' and motorhomes (ok, so we own a westfalia, but this is totally different) Anyhoo, got ourselves a 'campa' today and headed out for the Northland. Set a course for straight north out of Auckland. Many nice places to check out. Orewa has a great beach - we couldn't resist a stroll... then on to Warkworth. This was the first time J really got the sense of 
having been here before ...that is, actually recognizing something. ...However driving into Warkworth was a different matter - we looked at each other and said "This has changed"...as in, we remember Warkworth as being a quaint little one-street town, but now... it's bloody huge and ugly! The old Warkworth Inn we stayed at years ago is now a grubby bar, complete with tattoo parlour and takeaway shop, but the structure was unchanged so we had a look around just to refresh our memories...in actual fact, the place hasn't changed at all - except that the common room is now full of slot machines and the usual group of zombies and no one is manning the front desk..and...and... and what's that smell? ...ah well, the riverfront park looked pretty much as it did, and all the same ducks were still there...(honest, mate - i recognized them). We stopped for the night at Waipu Cove - also a nice beach, but as the sun sets by 5PM, we didn't have much time to enjoy it.
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