27th January - Part Two
A rainer morning to wake up to, which was going to mess a bit with some of our sightseeing for the day but what to do.
Headed out of Te Puia Springs through Waipiro Bay, which I thought was a beautiful bay, bit rough on the roads to it but to be expected by now.
Detoured off to Ruatoria although not sure why exactly and there was not a lot going on, and turned around pretty fast to continue on. St Marys church in Tikitiki was definitely worth the stop however, beautiful carvings and stained glass windows with meaning to the local area. Not to mention that all the pews had crocheted cushions all over the them, no uncomfortable seats there.
A snack stop in Te Araroa before heading out as far east as you can go in NZ, we took the bumpy road and navigated through herds of cows, slippery corners and thankfully no other vehicles when we came to the one lane wide sections.
Arrived to a lot of low lying cloud, but there were steps to be conquered, and all 700-800 were done, different places have different opinions on how many and I wasn't about to count them.
Photo shows the delightful view of a lot of fog ....... the direction I'm looking should be right at the ocean.
Of course after we got back down it had started to clear away and back in the car to go back to Te Araroa it was blue sky days!
Onwards through Hicks Bays, with a stop for some Manuka Honey, and a failed stop at a waterfall but the signage in this area is slim to non existent, we got to Lottin Bay and finally the heat and a beach for swimming lined up and we were able to enjoy the crystal clear water, would have been ideal for snorkelling.
Tonight was at Waihau Bay, whose main attraction it seemed was the boat ramp where there was pretty constant activity.
Headed out of Te Puia Springs through Waipiro Bay, which I thought was a beautiful bay, bit rough on the roads to it but to be expected by now.
Detoured off to Ruatoria although not sure why exactly and there was not a lot going on, and turned around pretty fast to continue on. St Marys church in Tikitiki was definitely worth the stop however, beautiful carvings and stained glass windows with meaning to the local area. Not to mention that all the pews had crocheted cushions all over the them, no uncomfortable seats there.
A snack stop in Te Araroa before heading out as far east as you can go in NZ, we took the bumpy road and navigated through herds of cows, slippery corners and thankfully no other vehicles when we came to the one lane wide sections.
Arrived to a lot of low lying cloud, but there were steps to be conquered, and all 700-800 were done, different places have different opinions on how many and I wasn't about to count them.
Photo shows the delightful view of a lot of fog ....... the direction I'm looking should be right at the ocean.
Of course after we got back down it had started to clear away and back in the car to go back to Te Araroa it was blue sky days!
Onwards through Hicks Bays, with a stop for some Manuka Honey, and a failed stop at a waterfall but the signage in this area is slim to non existent, we got to Lottin Bay and finally the heat and a beach for swimming lined up and we were able to enjoy the crystal clear water, would have been ideal for snorkelling.
Tonight was at Waihau Bay, whose main attraction it seemed was the boat ramp where there was pretty constant activity.
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