A fishy tale .......

As per usual we were all up and on the road again. It was a four hour drive to Napier. We drove out on the Thermal Explorer Highway and the views were superb. The steam from the Thermals were rising up in the morning light, very eerie. It got quite chilly at times, quite fresh!

We stopped off at Lake Taupo for a photo and a quick change of drivers.

Our next stop was the Hukafalls. We drove to the lookout first looking down on the waterfall. Then we drove down to the falls itself. As we were getting out the van, 2 fishermen walked passed carrying a Rainbow Trout. They’d caught loads that morning and wondered if we wanted it. NO WAY, I thought but then here’s Dad walking into the Camper with a fish in his hand!! URGH!!!!!! Dad put it in a carrier and then placed it in the bathroom.

After that excitement we walked down to the falls lookout. The colour of the water is amazing, icy blue just like a fox’s glacier mint. The amount of the water gushing was amazing too, so powerful.

We arrived at our next stop Napier just after 12. We drove through the centre of town, through all the Art Deco Buildings. The sun was shining and the temperature had gone up to 16!
We parked up by the Aquarium looking out over the Pacific and had some lunch and a brew. We then walked into town from there. We passed by the Market/Car Boot Sale and managed to browse a few stalls. All we bought were some peppers!! Great!!

From there we walked further into the town centre and had a walk in the shops. We even called into the ‘Antiques Centre’ again, a little treasure trove of antique shops with everything you could imagine. The clothes are to die for, awesome!!

We walked back to the Camper calling into the Supermarket on the way for some Barbie stuff. It was then we drove to the Campsite. It was about 5 minutes from the town centre and we’d booked it for 2 nights.

A quick coffee and then we took everything to the awesome Camp Kitchen, ready for the Barbie. Dad first got to grips with the fish and Ben watched as he gutted it. Lovely!! We all had jobs to do and in no time we were all sitting round with our beers tucking into our tea. We weren’t alone there though, we were being watched by the Campsite Cat. He could probably smell the fish!! Ben did give him a little taste as we’d left most of it.

We all had a few games of Uno and Dominos before calling it a night.