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

Our first time at campsite for more than one night. We decided to take things fairly easy today as we are all tired but it somehow does not feel like we did. We got up around 7:30 and had breakfast and showers. I have no idea how it takes David so long, I guess he must be very dirty or something. By the time we had faffed around failing to wash clothes (all washers in use with three loads waiting) etc it was 10am ish.We headed off to Waitangi treaty house as ...

We were all awake pretty early this morning and got underway relatively quickly. Having an outside table was most helpful for achieving this. We logged on for one last time and Alex wanted to Skype, so Grandma and Grandpa were called. Both sides really enjoyed this !We left the site at around 9:15 after successfully getting out of the pitch without hitting anything else. We then drove the short distance to A.H. Reed Kauri park, it was lovely ! Even more surp...