The day today improved as we headed an hour north to the town of Warkworth.
It was a gorgeous town on the bend of a river. Nadine hoped to catch up with a friend there but it was not to be. The journey up was beautiful as we skirted the eastern side of the peninsula through numerous seaside holiday towns. Though the scenery was pleasant we didn't take many photos, but the carved tree that looked like Gandalf was amazing.
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| Goat Island Marine Reserve |
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| Goat Island |
We decided to go back home via the western side of the peninsula which was nowhere as attractive as the east and coffee houses were not to be found.
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| The Viaduct |
That night the weather had improved considerably so we set off for dinner at Auckland's happening place - The Viaduct. New Zealand green lipped mussels were on special that night so we indulged surrounded by expensive real estate, America's Cup Yachts and dozens of of upwardly mobile young people. Guess Trevor was the oldie in the group!
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| An Americas Cup Training Yacht |
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| The KZ1 |
The KZ1, Fay's 1987 New Zealand Americas Cup challenge against Connor of the San Diego Yacht Club. Connor did the dirty on NZ by running a state of the art Catamaran. At the time the rules did not prevent this so NZ had no chance even though the KZ1 was a magnificent monohull. After much litigationNZ lost and the rules have since been changed.
Day 5 saw us heading for the airport homeward bound - via a DFO for a bit of last minute shopping. For Nadine, 2 dresses, a blouse and some walking socks. For Trevor, a shirt and some socks. He had already purchased a genuine NZ Macpac jacket made in China!!
Home again after an uneventful flight courtesy of Jetstar. We loved the journey and look forward to visiting a number of places again in a campervan.
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