It's Whangarei not Fangarei ......

Another early start for Claire and Dad, soon followed by Mam, then later me (Ben). After breakfast we walked around to the Whangarei Falls.

A 50ft drop into a pool, pretty big waterfall. There was a walking track around the falls with several lookouts. It was really nice through the wood, Mam and Dads first NZ waterfall.

We walked back to the Camper and set off again, stopping off to visit the famous ‘Huntervasser Toilet’. A famous architect (who is now dead), was asked to design some public toilets and these were them. Me and Mam had a walk down to see them, as far as toilets go these were really lovely. All tiled in fab colours and loads of glass bricks and bottles and stuff. Very nice! Unfortunately the boys weren’t as excited as us and gave them a miss.

After the excitement of the toilets we were heading North again to the Bay of Islands. We stopped off at some lookout points on the way like Frying Pan Bay and stopped at some lovely beaches. Mam and Dad having their first dip in the Ocean.

Just before 12 we parked the camper right by the beach, a perfect setting for a spot of lunch. Claire made sandwiches for everyone, we ate them there enjoying the view and then made our way onwards to Paihia.

We came across a great little campsite, right on the waters edge in a little bay. We parked up and enjoyed a brew, Dad even got to feed the campsite ducks, think he’s made a few waddling friends here!!

We chilled a while in the Camper while it rained on and off outside. We then decided to take a walk up a small track to see what we could see. There were some great views of the bay, even without the sunshine this place is stunning.

Back in the Camper, took 15 minutes drive through the town of Paihia and up to Haruru Falls. Another waterfall, not as big as the one we’d seen earlier but still very impressive.

We got some photos and then headed back to the site for the leftovers from yesterdays Barbie, some beer, some UNO and some sleep ...... not bad eh?!