It has rained all day! Very disappointing. If we could see it the views are spectacular but no good trying to photograph them today.

Stopped at Rob and Lorna's for his belated 3oth birthday fancy dress party. See Album!

Spent yesterday at a museum in Whangerai, where we saw 2 kiwis scratting about and getting fed, so that they could get back to sleep again. Interesting part of the museum was a house called Glorat, which was built by a doctor, who had come from Milton of Campsie in 1855 - my flatmate in Aberdeen was called John Langley - his grandmother (Lady Stirling) and his family lived in Glorat, Milton of Campsie in 1972 and probably still do! Drove up to Bay of Islands an...

After spending a couple of days around Orewa have moved on up to Northland and stopped here next to sea at the Blue Heron campsite, Tamaterau just outside Whangerai. The view at sunset from outside campervan was stunning!

Marje just liked this picture at the bottom of Duck Creek Road