Thursday 6th March
To get anywhere in North Island means crossing
through Auckland. We were on our way to The Coromandel, the last
area in NZ that we had not touched. Luckily Auckland has a freeway
that runs right over the city, so you don't have to drive through the
city. A bit hair razing, as NZ drivers always drive 6 inches from
the back of each other.
At last we were through and out the other end of
the city into the country again.... phew! We are coming to the point when it
is time to leave, I don't know whether it is just that we have done
and seen so much, or a need for a change, or a mental switch that we know we are leaving soon. What I didn't expect was to be completely wowed again in this lovely country. Parts of the Coramandel are just stunning, and go more so the further we went.
We stopped for coffee at a really bizarre little cafe, with cut out pictures of Diana and the boys, and William and Kate everywhere, very strange..... non of Charlie boy though, so we know where their alligence lies.
We decided to stay in Coromandel town which looked
about the biggest place around, and found a little campsite walkable
into town centre. I thought as it was the weekend, that maybe it might be
a bit more alive than most places we've been, but again, when we
walked into at 7pm it was closed.
On our way into town Rod spotted a
Fresh Oysters sign and the van just took itself right there. The
whole area is reknown for its fish, well everywhere here is really, so we
bagged up a dozen oysters, and a tub of fish chowder and headed for home. We bought some nice bread and that was our dinner, fabulous.
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