Having enjoyed our stay in the hospital owned house down in Rotorua, Glynn and I were keen to try out another one of the cheap to rent holiday homes and enjoy another fun weekend away. This time we headed up to the city of Whangarei, capital of the Northland. We left on the Thursday night after waiting for the post-work rush hour traffic to subside. It took us just over 2.5 hours to get there, making use of the Northern gateway toll road for the first time which cut out a good 10km chunk of twisty roads that we would otherwise have taken. On arrival, we were surprised to find an even more awesome house than the Rotorua one had been. This time we had a double garage with electric door, a huge kitchen, huge lounge
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