http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Whangamata/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Whangamata en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:35 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:14:35 UTC There is not much I can say about today as we had a lie in we made the most of it and when we finally got up we took a stroll into the town and picke up croissants and oj for brekkie and visited the butcher and grocer for our tea that evening.After going back to the room we had breakfast on the terrace and then made our way to the beach to catch some cloud rays It was very warm and the sun http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Whangamata/blog-238852.html After the rain of yesterday we woke up a little despondant as it was still chucking it down Eau de egg was still hanging in the air but we had had a good nights sleep and were not going to let the weather get us down We has decided that we were going to go to Te Pui first which is in Rotarua and is all about Mauri Culture. As we pulled up it seemed very touristy and the rain was really l http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Whangamata/blog-238840.html Leaving the rafting place we pushed on northwards in the pouring rain lunching at Maketu then on through Tauranga where we failed to replace our punctured tyre because it was now Saturday afternoon and everything was closed. Overnight found us 10krsquos inland up in the hills near the Tuahu walkway and back out again to the main road the next morning onto Kati Kati and then Waihi home of t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Whangamata/blog-206758.html Bach on the beachAnna CaswellCrazy Although summer is officially over here the weather is still pretty mild so the idea of a weekend retreat to the beach never achieved during summer was met with a great deal of enthusiasm. The excuse Pip's leaving get together before she flies off to Bejing for the year. The group Well of the 10 of us there were many familiar faces from the Whanganui trip. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Whangamata/blog-144571.html