the cramped interior of our Motorhome. First stop Ruakaka Beach Holiday Park. An easy first drive and somewhere with power hook ups, a playpark and stunning beach/sea views. What's not to like.
Since the last post we have said good bye to the long suffering hosts of our Airbnb in Morningside, Auckland. We felt we needed a change of scene. We were feeling restless and the boys had meddled with enough stuff in the garden and sleep out - we need to get out before something got broken. We headed to the Northshore, a little suburb called Torbay. Another 'sleep out' but a little roomier. Again it had a large trampoline for the boys, a boat in the drive (to NOT touch) and very welcoming hosts. Turns out Mel and Rich are from Wales and moved to NZ 7 years ago. Torbay, Waiaka bay, has a lovely beach complete with creek, islands to look at, rocks to scramble over, tiny waves and the all important playpark, all less than 10 mins walk from our accommodation.
We've sat on the beach, Jonny has swam out the pontoon a couple of times, and we've all had a good splosh in the water. Yesterday (Monday) we headed to the next bay along the coast, Brown's Bay, and spent the day on the sand, in the very superior playpark right on the beach, wandering round the shops, eating ice creams and fish and chips. Basically doing the seaside things.
On Sunday evening we headed back into Auckland to Nic and Asty's for tea (sorry again for the confusion Nic!). A delicious spread of cup cakes were waiting for us made by Milly. The boys got straight into looking in all the cupboards, playing with the toys very kindly brought out, and playing with everything else that was and wasn't meant to be fussed with. It was really great to be treated to delicious pizza and chat with the lovely family.
Today we did a huge shop at Pac 'N' Save, ready to stock up Dougie; tins, packets and essentials. Jonny headed into Auckland to return the hire car and pick up the van - only to be told it wouldn't be ready til the morning, such a disappointment. After a long bus ride or two back out to Torbay we had dinner, the phone rang and Dougie was ready after all. Jonny leaped out to get a bus back into Auckland. And here we are and set to climb aboard and crunch the gears north on State Highway 1.
PS Before we left Auckland we went to a brilliant swimming pool with rapids, waves, a hot pool and flumes, just down the road from where we were staying, such fun! And had a very expensive Pizza in the Wynyard Quarter watching boat planes taking off and landing in the harbour, a lovely evening.
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