Day 3
Headed off for the drive to Paihia today. The girls wanted to do a quick shop and browse at Nth Auckland, so Mark and I waited patiently for them to finish before taking off once more. Stopped at Mangawhai Heads for lunch, which was a bit underwhelming.

We arrived at the resort and booked in to a nice 2 bedroom apartment where we had dinner. Beryl started to come down with flu symptoms, which of course she passed on to me and mildly to Wendy. Mark kept his distance.

Day4
Today we drove to KeriKeri markets. They are the same, world over and I am sure that the same people have stalls where ever markets are held. Mark and I walked around Paihia to find a nice restaurant for dinner. The one we were going to choose, just happened to evacuate in front of us, due to a kitchen fire. Dinner at home that night.

Day 5
Mark and I had booked in to do a half day fishing charter today, and what a glorious day it turned out to be. I actually got sunburnt and didn’t manage to get any legal sized fish. Mark got 4 good fish and we had those for dinner the following night.

The day was capped off by a car ferry ride across the bay, to Russell. We had booked in to the Duke of Marlborough hotel for dinner and it was very good despite being a bit expensive. Not that we do this every day, so it was worth the experience.

We got a lovely sunset to boot and had a good sleep that night.