We're catching up with posting photos and preparing for the South Island, so this post is a little belated. Last weekend, we hired (rented) a car and drove on the LEFT side of the road all the way up north to Bay of Islands, and took some scenic detours on the way to and from.
About 2 hours North of Auckland, we stopped at a reserve and tramped amongst some of the last remaining Kauri trees, which are the NZ equivalent of Sequoias, basically just HUGE trees that were almost extinctified by the timber industry in the early 20th century. The walk led us to Whangarei Falls, which look like this.
Obligatory post-PB&J selfies.
This amazing find got us really excited.
The next day, we took a nice walk along the beach by Paihia. There, we found loads of abandoned, beached starfish, washed up and left to dry out on the hot sand as the tide receded. No worries, we saved them. Did you know starfish make great skipping stones?
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This is not the Cream Trip. It's just the ferry over to Russell, the oldest English settlement on NZ and the first capital! Wow!
Some Australians took this picture of us. Pretty good, for Australians.
Tourists will be tourists.
Look, the sun!
Haruru Falls, just another gorgeous waterfall just asking for someone to jump off of it.
We drove up to the town's golf course to check out the sunset. Pretty dece view from Hole #1.
Urea?
On the drive back to Auckland, we detoured to the surf beach at Mangawhai, to tramp along the famous Mangawhai Cliff Walk.
It's my theory that the lines/steps on the hill are formed by all the sheep traversing across the hill trimming the grass. Who needs lawnmowers?
Views from the Mangawhai Heads Cliff.
Back toward the surf beach.
Betcha can't tell a storm's on the way.
Neither could we.
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