Big Trees, Big Rain, Big Caves and Big Mountain (Oooh Baby I Love Your Way…) And so begins, our long journey south, on the west coast of North Island. We crossed over Hokianga Harbour on the car ferry at Rangiora on a very cold and blustery day and thought that we’d have to buy a whole new wardrobe apiece, However, the sun was still shining and we were cosy in our van. We passed through a forest which still have some kauri trees (HUGE trees which have virtually all been cut down a hundred years ago or so). When you drive past them, all you can see is a thick trunk - you have to crane your neck to look out the windscreen to even get a glimpse the canopy, metres above. That day, rain came
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