Bay of Islands
So today we made our way further north and ended up in a little place called Russell in the Bay of Islands. It took us about three hours to get here which included a car ferry ride to get across to the peninsula that the town is on. We came across a few strange signs along the road one of which declared that we had passed the last cheese for miles, after taking this information on board we decided to forge ahead without a decent supply of cheese.
We set up camp and made ourselves some lunch then headed off exploring. The area round here is beautiful with lots of sandy beaches and funnily enough islands dotted about the place. We spent sometime at a beach called Long Beach where we dipped our toes in the water but decided it was too cold for a swim. Then headed on a bit further where we found a little cove all to ourselves, I think it was called Whatiki Bay. A short walk from here we found a flagpole at the top of a hill which the plaque said had something to do with the treaty between the Maoris and the British back in the day and had been cut down a whole load of times by some disgruntled party or another.
So back at camp we set about cooking some dinner. We’re starting to get the hang of this campervan life, check out the photo below.
Cooking in the spaceship!
Jill is helping too, she just happened to be behind the camera at this point.
Until next time……..
Jonny
