We left a wet and windy Auckland behind and drove north-west up towards the Bay of Islands. Getting used to driving the van now, but the gusty strong winds made the drive pretty hairy. We stopped off to look at some fantastic surf at Mangawhai heads and stopped briefly in Whangarei to pick our Rugby World Cup tickets for Wales’ next rugby world cup game against Samoa. On the way we passed the Canadian rugby team sat outside a cafe by the main road (their next game is in Whangarei).
Although you are supposedly allowed to “free camp” in New Zealand generally, it is apparently illegal in Auckland and the Northland where we are, so we’re parked for the night in a caravan car park in Paihia – the tourist hub for the Bay of Islands. Not the prettiest town, but it’s just a stopover before we go on a boat cruise around the bay tomorrow which will hopefully involve some swimming with dolphins!
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