After all excitement of caving we took our slightly sore bodies on a drive through native bush to our next destination - Raglan - Surf capital of NZ. We stopped at two more awesome sights on the way: the huge (and very wet at the time) Mangapohue natural limestone bridge - a magnificent collapsed cave with its river now open to the elements - and then the thundering Marokopa falls. The torrential rain stopped in time for us to see the lovely Kawhia harbour as we approached Raglan. We spent a couple of stormy days planning, reading, visiting some more waterfalls (Bridal Veil Falls), watching the surfers do their thing and Tim did our washing all by himself.
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