Day 133 - Paihia - Whitianga, New Zealand
Day 133 – 19th October 2005 +12:00 GMT
Packed up our bags, had some breakfast then hit the road, We drove south back towards Auckland and we stopped at KawaKawa and took a look at the spectacular public toilets this time I got a photo.
Kawakawa Public Toilets
We then carried on until we reached Wellsford and we stopped for some lunch. Carried on until we reached Auckland and we stopped at the car rental and exchanged out Toyota Cerifo for a Nissan Sunny, oh well at least it’s newer, this one at least has airbags. Reece took over the driving from Auckland and we made our way east along Highway 1 then onto Highway 2 and finally Highway 25 on to the Coromandel Penisula. Whilst driving we had the car radio on and it came on the news that the crimes for this week in the north of New Zealaand was down to 12 from last weeks 44 and 9 of them were drink driving offenses, I know the crime rate is one of the lowest in the world but that is ridiculous. We drove up the East coast and stopped at a place called Whitianga which is in Mecury Bay. We checked in for 3 nights and had a nice double room for Jill and I whilst Reece had a dorm bed next door. We have a large living area with a TV and a kitchen and Dining area. There are two other people in this part of the hostel and they are both German. The Hostel is right on the beach but the weather is awful, large waves are crashing along the beach and the rain is pouring down, the wind is pretty strong too. We decided we would go shopping straight away so headed to the town centre and bought food for the next few days. Jill and I cooked a stir fry and we then opened a box of wine which we shared with the German’s. We sat up and chatted for several hours before going to sleep.
Packed up our bags, had some breakfast then hit the road, We drove south back towards Auckland and we stopped at KawaKawa and took a look at the spectacular public toilets this time I got a photo.
Kawakawa Public Toilets
We then carried on until we reached Wellsford and we stopped for some lunch. Carried on until we reached Auckland and we stopped at the car rental and exchanged out Toyota Cerifo for a Nissan Sunny, oh well at least it’s newer, this one at least has airbags. Reece took over the driving from Auckland and we made our way east along Highway 1 then onto Highway 2 and finally Highway 25 on to the Coromandel Penisula. Whilst driving we had the car radio on and it came on the news that the crimes for this week in the north of New Zealaand was down to 12 from last weeks 44 and 9 of them were drink driving offenses, I know the crime rate is one of the lowest in the world but that is ridiculous. We drove up the East coast and stopped at a place called Whitianga which is in Mecury Bay. We checked in for 3 nights and had a nice double room for Jill and I whilst Reece had a dorm bed next door. We have a large living area with a TV and a kitchen and Dining area. There are two other people in this part of the hostel and they are both German. The Hostel is right on the beach but the weather is awful, large waves are crashing along the beach and the rain is pouring down, the wind is pretty strong too. We decided we would go shopping straight away so headed to the town centre and bought food for the next few days. Jill and I cooked a stir fry and we then opened a box of wine which we shared with the German’s. We sat up and chatted for several hours before going to sleep.
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