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Arriving in Orewa was a breath of fresh air! Literally! Back somewhere with a clean sea breeze! Our camp site is right on a stretch of beach, so we have unrestricted views of the beach, its beautiful!!
And we're away from the Sulphur stenches, and far from the cold south island, so its back to T shirt weather again, Lovely! So when we arrived, It was nice to stretch out for a while, Luke went for a run along the beach, and I went for a stroll along the beach with my camera!
With this being an unexpected stop over, I knew very little about the area, so hadn't much prepared for us to do anything, or what to see / do... So i turned to my travel guide... Very little it had to say ... " Locals have gears that Orewa is turning into NZ's equivalent of Queenslands Gold Coast, but until they start exporting retirees and replacing them with bikini clad parking wardens thats unlikely to happen."
After dinner we walked along the beach in the hope of finding 'the town centre' we reached s Mcdonalds, a Cafe, and a convenience store... We guessed this was the town centre, so headed back home!
An uneventful time in Orewa for us tired travellers, we were just glad to be off the road.....
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