Good Evening kids.....
Thought I would take a photo of what we wake up to each morning.....bule skies and the promise of another perfect day of exploring ahead of us.....
Today we headed North from our base.........
Visiting a place called KeriKeri......
You know dad he likes to start the day with a coffee and so we found some at The Stone Store......
Not far from the town of Kerikeri were the rainbow Falls......
It was just a short trail walk to see this beautiful spot.....
From there we headed into the Kauri Forrest to check out the oldest and largest trees we have ever seen......we actually got our coats out for the first time.....just because it was very damp and cool in amongst the trees.....
Beautiful thick lush greenery that we don't often see around us at home......
Most places
we have been to have been so quiet...our little car was the only one
around for miles...it was so quiet in the forest all you could here was
the wind in the very tops of the trees...
We have this really super cool GPS system in the car.....it not only tells us where we are going and how to get there....which is has been really handy...but it also has a running commentary of all the history and land marks as we pass each place......we have learnt so much history and interesting facts about New Zealand....
Lots of stories that Fraser would love......lots of wars and fighting stories!!!
Dad has loved driving the very windy and steep roads.....he loves seeing me dig my nails into the car seat and asking politely if he could slow down...do you think he does....NOOOOO
We have seen plenty of these lovelies all over the hillsides along the way too......
To finish off our day we headed back over the mountains to the coast ....spectacular views of the many islands surrounding this part of the East coast.....the views were stunning from so high up...again dad loved the winding our way down through these mountains .
Well glad I have finally worked out how to get good internet connection to show you our journey.....
Talk soon..
LOL yes our roads really are rather different to WA roads huh. I kind of miss the long straight roads in Perth sometimes. But the scenery here is much more interesting for being a passenger.
ReplyDeleteI remember going to that Kauri forest as a kid. We played "see how many children stretched arm to arm it takes to reach around a tree". Aren't they massive!
Oh, I do love this part of NZ! So glad you are having great weather to explore :) xx
ReplyDeleteI love how few people there are around in NZ! Incredibly beautiful too.
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