Impressed with Auckland, it was time to see the rest of New Zealand, and there's only one way to do that - in a campervan! Organised as ever, we left it to our very last morning in Auckland to see about getting one, but despite the warnings that these things need to be booked weeks in advance, our luck was in, and we managed to get this little number - home for the next 3 1/2 weeks. Wanting to take it easy on our first day behind the wheel, our first destination was the Bay of Islands, just a few hours north of Auckland, stopping en route to pick up a few camping essentials: tinned beans, spaghetti hoops, microwaveable frankfurters (yes, we have a microwave!) and the "Heroes" Series 1 dvd boxset (yes, we have a
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