After yesterday’s marathon entry today’s will be very short, as today was just a “positioning” day to get up north of Auckland. We woke up to grey overcast skies and headed out after breakfast. We decided to go the back roads, as we usually do and yet again came upon a gravel road, this one was nowhere near as bad as the one we travelled the other day.
For a long part of the trip we followed a hilly, twisty coastal road which was fun to drive and picturesque.
Coastal Road View
From the Passenger Seat
After this the drizzle set in, and then the rains came. At least the car got a good wash as it was pretty dirty from our last gravel road trip.
Approaching Auckland we joined the motorway pretty much to destination. The rain had let up, and we only had light drizzle. Can’t really complain, there has been much less rain than we expected, and it really hasn’t interfered too much with the trip.
Time to head out and see how they celebrate Guy Fawkes down-under.
Just got back from our first Guy Fawkes on the beach. It was pretty good, as we walked down the beach we could see numerous displays going off around the bay. The town display lasted about 15 minutes, but there numerous “pre-show” displays courtesy of well lubricated youngsters!