Northland

Following might sound a bit dull but is wasn't, bit rubbish at this blog thingy.

Kiwi with a Kiwi


Blue Penguin

10th
Travelled to Paiha (Bay of Islands) from Auckland. Visited Native Bird Sanctuary and saw Kiwi and Blue Penguins. Quite surprised how big the Kiwi was, I imagined it to be small but its really big with huge claws.

Beach at Russell

11th
Took a ferry from Paiha to Russell on the other side of the Bay of Islands. The sea is really calm in the bay so had a swim. Also visited the location of the 'The Treaty of Waitangi', This is the place where I was told the English managed to con the Maori into signing away the rights to the land, eek.

90 mile beach

Sand dunes and sand boarding

4x4 Dune Rider bus

12th
Took a great trip to 90 mile beach (which is 64 miles long!) in a weird 4x4 mini bus thingy and drove all the way up it and also went even further off road driving over the dunes. Stopped by the bigest dunes to go sand boarding, only managed 3 goes at it as the dunes are so huge and it takes so long to walk up them, really really good fun though!! Then carried onto Cape Reinga where you can see where the pacific ocean meets the Tasman sea with the two currents creating waves. Stopped on the way back to have the 'best fish and chips in new zealand'. On my free tour near Auckland I also had the 'best fish and chips in new zealand' (according to the driver)

Oh and before 90 mile beach we stopped off at a rain forest (it rained).

13th
Travelled back to Auckland (in heeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaavy rain)

14th (today)
Weather good again today. Not done much, just mooched around Auckland. Going to a place called Hahei tomorrow just east of here.