We carried on going north to the very most northern point of N.Z. After driving  50k down a gravel road we came to a massive tarmac car park that looked lost and really out of place.  From there,  there was a beautiful walk to a lighthouse were you could go no further as the land is sacred to the Mauri and is a no go for people.  Just of sore the swell of the Pacific and the Tazman sea meeting could be seen.

We then drove a little further down another gravel road to some massive sand dunes well sand mountains, were there were a few crazy people spending ages climbing up to the top just to quickly slide down! We did have a go at sand boarding but not  there as we had forgotten our cash and were miles from any were.

We then made our way back down the east coast on our ways to a town named Opononi after a dolphin that use to play in the harbor  with  people. It took us a wile too get there as we got lost or shall I say we took a  long detour down farm tracks coming out of the bush at a dead end on top of a mountain! All thanks to Teilo, hehehe but of course Kaley new exactly where to go with her sense of direction.  It was a lovely little town with some more giant sand dunes over looking it from the other side of the harbor

Dunes accross the harbour and Kaley!

Then we carried on making our way down through the amazing kauri forests. The kauri is the world’s second biggest  tree, they have really straight trunks that shoot upwards and they tower over the rest of the forests. We visited the biggest one in N.Z a very old tree.

Tane Mahuta (father of the forest)

One night we stayed in a kauri park, a camp surrounded by kauri trees which was also a kiwi reserve. That night we went on a board walk through the forest and saw a wild kiwi! And heard a few others. We also got very close to a possum. They are considered pests here but they are very cute animals.

The next morning it was then time to make our way to Huia which is west of Auckland, to start our work stay. We stopped on the way down at this very cool café, it was the shape of a boat and made of lots of tents and little rooms built around each other!

Eutopia (the boat cafe)