Lunch on a view point just like the brochures

This morning was about getting ready to leave which involved me showering two little girls. Alex is really good about getting showered, Elizabeth is not. For the first time this trip we have no idea where we will be staying, it all depends on where we end up at the right time tonight. We headed out on Highway 10 to start our drive towards Kaitaia. Our plan for today was to find things as they took us with lunch around Manganoui. We had been told we could get...

sunny day and have had fish and chips on the beach. girls enjoying a nice play park

Today started slowly and we left the campsite at the crack of 10:30. We were woken by the girls talking at around 8am. The day is overcast and not inviting.Last night on the way to the loo I was scared by a low growling noise, on my return I was amused to realise it was someone snoring. At this point it is worth saying that the stars here are amazing ! They are alien skies so they do look different but there is no real light pollution so they are so bright. A...

First overcast day but we are heading to russell and then on a dolphin watch around the bay of islands