Day 26 - So much for well laid plans...yesterday was such a nice day we figured, sure we'll stick around and maybe play a round of golf or go kayaking, but mother nature decided otherwise. it rained the entire day with not even a small break. the only plus is that the temperature is high enough to make it tolerable. 
We took a tour around the rest of the peninsula to some great little towns and saw some amazing mansions in the process... It's crazy what people are building here! they tend to like 2 designs: the grandstand look and the half round barn (on a grand scale).
The road pops you right back into Warkworth where we took another trip down memory lane to the museum... the building and Kauri forest are exactly where we left them. The trip was just a lot quicker/nicer this time - last time we recall a VERY long walk (we were 'car free' back then) as it's a fair drive down to the site from town. The Kauri's are only babies at 800 years, but you still have to look closely to se the human! I was too cheap to pay the admission fee, as it is just a collection of the local ladies tea cups and lace d
oilies...or at least it used to be. I was unwilling to find out that it also hadn't changed...
We popped into Waiwera to secure our campsite for the night as it is the start of school holidays here. the kiwis actually take their children to the beach in this weather. NUTTY! anyhoo, the thermal pools are right next door, sort of... it is a wet walk there today...both ways... we decided that we needed a latte instead of a swim, so drove cross country (see map for definition) before we found one in Helensville. It is a good-sized town with many heritage buildings. we drove back to Waiwera (almost via Auckland) in the dark, without a proper map... again... that would be a good business to get into. making maps showing all the roads. what a concept!
By the by... they have lots of public service ads lately (radio and tv) regarding healthy food choices, as NZ is experiencing the problem of obesity... think we may have found part of the problem...stopped in at the grocery store and found these muffins in the bakeshop... choc choc goo with choc bars and choc chunks shoved into them. i had to take a photo....even I, a confirmed chocoholic, couldn't look at them, it was all too much!
now we are sitting in our cozy campa enjoying a few glasses of wine and listening to the wind howl... hope the sun pokes it's head out tomorrow... hope we don't get blown away tonight!
We took a tour around the rest of the peninsula to some great little towns and saw some amazing mansions in the process... It's crazy what people are building here! they tend to like 2 designs: the grandstand look and the half round barn (on a grand scale).
The road pops you right back into Warkworth where we took another trip down memory lane to the museum... the building and Kauri forest are exactly where we left them. The trip was just a lot quicker/nicer this time - last time we recall a VERY long walk (we were 'car free' back then) as it's a fair drive down to the site from town. The Kauri's are only babies at 800 years, but you still have to look closely to se the human! I was too cheap to pay the admission fee, as it is just a collection of the local ladies tea cups and lace d
oilies...or at least it used to be. I was unwilling to find out that it also hadn't changed...We popped into Waiwera to secure our campsite for the night as it is the start of school holidays here. the kiwis actually take their children to the beach in this weather. NUTTY! anyhoo, the thermal pools are right next door, sort of... it is a wet walk there today...both ways... we decided that we needed a latte instead of a swim, so drove cross country (see map for definition) before we found one in Helensville. It is a good-sized town with many heritage buildings. we drove back to Waiwera (almost via Auckland) in the dark, without a proper map... again... that would be a good business to get into. making maps showing all the roads. what a concept!
By the by... they have lots of public service ads lately (radio and tv) regarding healthy food choices, as NZ is experiencing the problem of obesity... think we may have found part of the problem...stopped in at the grocery store and found these muffins in the bakeshop... choc choc goo with choc bars and choc chunks shoved into them. i had to take a photo....even I, a confirmed chocoholic, couldn't look at them, it was all too much!
now we are sitting in our cozy campa enjoying a few glasses of wine and listening to the wind howl... hope the sun pokes it's head out tomorrow... hope we don't get blown away tonight!
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