Hi guys......ready to see what we got up to today????
You would love New Zealand....
We did another day of driving this time we went West...well half a day as we don't seem to be able to move very fast before breakfast lunch.
We were recommended to visit a little place called Rawene....
Very pretty and quaint although it appears that not much is surviving there as most of the business were either closed up or for sale...sad really as it has beautiful views of the local harbour......
Some of the locals we met there .....
Just a pic to show you that even though they say it is 14 degrees we are traveling fine.....having no wind at all helps and the sun is so warming....
We did end up finding this really lovely little town on our way back to our stay......Kawakawa
I loved it because it was full of interesting colourful sights...I think it is the "hippie" in me that loved it so much.....
Dad was a little sceptical of me wanting to stop and visit a famous toilet block here....right in the main street in the middle of town
They were designed and built by a famous artist....
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
and they are on the tourist map to see.....I made sure there was no-one in the toilets before I snapped the pictures.....
funny dad even did the same in the males...hehehehe
Of course the coffee was to be tasted...or in my case the hot chocolate......
it was the best one I have had all week....
a chance to pick up another couple of postcards for you guys....wonder who will be back first????
The town also had some funky roof top gardens and cool art work on the buildings.....
We have eaten some yummy food this week...tonight we had the best fish and chips at a restaurant floating boat called "Shippeys"...
will go back and take a photo in the daytime tomorrow...
Well take care be good and we will talk again tomorrow.xxxx
I bet you will be finding the fish and chips a lot cheaper here LOL
ReplyDeleteHow cool are those "dunnies?!"
Boo, sorry to hear that about Rawene :( It has been a while since I was last there... Those toilets are very funky! xx
ReplyDeleteHi Bron..I'm really enjoying a little catchup of your trip to NZ...being a NZer myself it's pretty nostalgic for me. Happy weekend to you both!
ReplyDeleteHa ha we're travelling northland too! Campervan style. We're on the way down tomorrow. Stopping at Stella's :0)
ReplyDeleteHi ya... just saw this post, haha isn't it funny how we're "hot chocolate girls" :) I don't do coffee either! (thanks for shouting us our drinks today too! appreciate that!).
ReplyDeleteAnd funny also that I said Rawene was very "hippy-ish"...and I laughed when I saw you'd referred to that in this post also!! ;) hehe
So lovely to meet you and "Fraser" er...Derek today. I came home tonight and told Warren (my hubby) that he would have loved you both and got on really well!.
Have a great day tomorrow and safe travels home.
Love lots xxxx Neetz xxxx