- FOOD: A bit of pub grub but otherwise, heated up soup on our gas stove. - PEOPLE: Chatty ferry man to Russell Island, hardly anyone else on Russell Island, mad fisherman at Ninety Mile Beach. - AREA: Beautiful bays and waterfall on the way to the Bay of Islands. NZ's oldest church (so very modern!) on the pretty (and deserted) Russell Island. Ninety Mile Beach - just us and another Escape van ignoring the 'No Camping' signs. - WEATHER: Had been nice until we arrived and it rained. Mon 1st August: We left the nice lifestyle to get back in the campervan for Bay of Islands. On the way we made a brief stop at Whangarei Falls - cute little waterfalls and then carried on up the gorgeous coast line, stopping at Nganguru, Tutukaka and
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