A free day today! Was hoping that the rain would stay away - in the morning it did. Decided to explore Paihia today. Had breakfast before heading out. I was contemplating whether to take my coat or not as it was warm outside. Ended up taking it with me and I'm glad I did! Walked over to Waitangi and decided to go for a walk to the waterfalls. It was 5k each way so ended up walking 10k which was nice. But it poured with rain halfway through! So I was very glad I...

In the Northland! Had an early start as always, headed up to Auckland where our first stop was. Said goodbye to people, most of them had been with us since Christchurch. So now there aren't many of us originals left now :( Had an hour in Auckland for lunch. It was like 10.30am when we arrived which was wayyy too early for lunch! So I just had a wander around and bought some lunch to eat later on. Got back on the coach and welcomed more people on board. It's fu...