Compared with the day time temperature, it was a cold night and sleep wasn’t all that easy in coming. With the coming of the dawn however, all the birds started singing their little hearts out - which, when you’re camping beneath the trees, resulted in sleep disappearing rather quicker than when it came. Having washed and dried the breakfast dishes and readied the van for departure, I sat down to re-plan the day ahead; the previous evening, a local had suggested three must see sights although I would only have time for two of them. However, before I reached those sites, I needed to visit a couple of the more local, previously planned, items on the agenda. KerikeriMy stop for the night, Kerikeri, is renowned for its subtropical climate and its citrus (mandarins everywhere) and kiwi
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