Cape Reinga

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Today we woke early and drove up to Kaitaia in time to make the 9am bus trip to Cape Reinga. This was a fabulous trip in a 4 wheel drive bus. The meeting of the two oceans at the Northern most point. Steve and I slid down the sandhills on a toboggan!! I got a good video of steve doing a forward roll down the hill!!
It was a great day, very full, we arrived back at Kaitaia at 5.15pm and then had to drive 11/2 hours south to our next stop in the itinerary - Hokianga Harbour. The road was very windy and narrow, the speed sign said 100kms/hour!!! they must be joking!!!
We arrived at our accommodation in the evening, we were a bit anxious when we drove in as the grass was up to our thigh's and the sign was scrawled on a piece of wood (a very make do sign). There were kids bikes and a big motorbike parked on the verandah and it was dark and very quiet! However, it turned out to be fabulous. There were three rooms along the verandah, brand new and the view was fabulous. You opened the double doors and had a full view of the harbour (more like a very wide river to us) We had our left over bread rolls with grilled cheese for dinner (with a glass of wine of course!!) I sat and sipped my wine and thought of my wonderful friends.

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Photos

Sunrise
Driving from Bay of Islands to Kaitai

Bus Trip
We stopped at Kauri Kingdom, there is a staircase carved in to this huge treestump

Bus Trip
Our Cape Runner 4 wheel drive bus

Yum
For only $2- you got a huge icecream!!

The Cape
Fabulous view of where the Tasman meets the Pacific

Cape Reinga Lighthouse
Fabulous views

Sand Toboganning
I got a video of steve tumbling down the sand dunes!!

Ninety mile beach
We drove up to the Cape via the rode and back via Ninety Mile beach which is actually 64miles long!!

Kohukohu
Our fabulous accommodation

The uninterrupted view
This is part of the 180deg uninterrupted view from our room - fantastic