Rock formation at Hikurangi (left) was formed by erosion.
The original surface level would have been higher than the top
of the rocks and has been
disolved away by acid rain
Right and below right; Parua Bay
Below left and centre; Wairua Falls. This is the nearest we have ever parked to a waterfall. We think the colour of the water here is caused by tannins.
A
childrens' playground in Dargaville
The swings are hanging from the bowsprit, one is the anchor (far left)
and the child (right) can also be seen in the centre of the main picture; this boat is BIG!
Note that John is standing on a 12" block !
Recreational Concepts in Whangarei
Throughout the country art knows no bounds and it seems that nothing is ever thrown away.
New Zealand certainly strives to be a zero waste country in ingenious ways.
Their avocado orchard is one of our favourite stopovers.
Just don't eat too many avocados or you could look like Ruby (right and below right)
Kiwi fruit (below) season will begin soon
SAIL IN WING IT SPOILT YOHOYO NB MAD
FLOORD KERMET X DOT X TOY 4 2 MA TANG
The food was delicious again. The cooking is based on Kaizen; Kai is the Maori word for food and Zen here suggests that each plate is a stand alone dish designed to enlighten the senses.
There's a good atmosphere too, all very casual and relaxed.
In fact, we stayed for 2 nights
so that we could have 2 meals !!
Go Vino
Make a special trip, in our opinion, it's worth it.
Not a bad place to be living I'd say.
Clever little bird.
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Below; Waihi is the gold town
Detail from an information board near the working mine today
the 3rd pic is a close up of top left of the 2nd, and the last one is of
aa truck the same size as the ones working in pic no 3
Those first 2 miners will be very cross with themselves
in the same way that the Plantation Garden in Norwich, UK is run.
I won't bore you with all the pics I took but here is a selection ...
Below; the beginning of Sydney Opera House - thank you Debbie + Matt !
