Woke up to a very beautiful day.. Not a cloud in the sky and nice and warm. Walked Jean to her choir event at 8am and then met up with Gary and Sunni as I walked back to the campsite. We decided to explore this little flea market that had set up in a park on our way. Most of the stuff was what you find at any flea market but we did find a vendor selling beautiful sweaters, heavy New Zealand wool with wind proof lining inside. Very well made and only $99 NZ which would be $84 cdn. Decided not to buy at this time. Gary, Sunni and I went to the Hells gate Thermal Park (so named by George Bernard Shaw who said he felt like he was viewing the gates of hell) it was a fascinating place with lots of boiling mud and lakes of boiling water all looking quite incongruous against the wonderfully green countryside. It was a good hours walk to go through the site and we stopped at the end to dip our feet in the hot mud for 20 minutes VERY soothing!! We had a quiet afternoon at the maggot relaxing and then met up with Jean for dinner. Finding a parking spot for the maggot was quite an exercise considering it is such a long vehicle. We attended a concert after that which was a massed choir from Aukland and Christchurch conducted by three different conductors. The high light of the evening was a quartet of four Australians called "The Idea of North" an a Capella group who were brilliant. Then back to the campground and trying to park the maggot in the dark. Not an easy task!!