This morning we set off into Napier and headed towards a lookout point at the top of a hill on the edge of town. At the top, we could see for miles across the bay, and directly below us we watched all the comings and goings at the port, including hundreds of logs being loaded onto container ships heading for Asia. Our main stop for the day was on our way back down the hill at the former Napier prison which closed in 1993. We pulled into the carpark and had to kn...

Today was the day of our wine tour which we were really looking forward to. We weren't getting picked up til 1pm so in the morning we had a drive into Napier and I found a bag which was exactly what I needed! Back at the site we watied outside the office and were picked up by Ferg (Ferg usually does sigtseeing tours 'Ferg's Fantastic Tours' but was taking over Vince's wine tours while Vince was on holiday in Australia). After picking up another couple (John and ...

This mornign we drove to the garage and were told our van would probably take an hour to fix - the mechanic wasn't sure whether he had brought the right part after having a look! We went for a walk into the nearby village where we visited the bookshop (can you see a theme emerging here..?). I managed to get a bargain - 2 books for $10 to add to our box! After killing an hour, we walked back up the road and found that our van was all ready for us - no charge (Bac...