About 3 hours north of Auckland in Pahia. Today went on a trip to the far north. Had a GREAT day, went to the very top to Cape Reinga where the cloud / mist was a bit low. The sun shone on us tho when the boogie boards came out and we went sand surfing down the biggest sand dunes I have ever seen - the sand gets everywhere! Then went driving down 90 mile beach doing donuts in the bus - wow! Followed up by a big portion of \\\'fush & chups\\\'. Won\\\'t need to exfoliate for some weeks now due to the sand!! Great day, off on a bit of a road trip all the way down the north island to catch the ferry to the south island on the 17th.