We departed for the northland on Thursday morning, the 1st of April. It was a long, scenic drive up to Paihia, where we were staying. We had reservations at a nice motel and quickly dropped our bags to catch the last boat out to the hole in the rock. I should mention it was a speed boat and it was a treat to go so fast out on the open ocean and do some tricks like really riding the water! It was spectacularly beautiful out there and I'm glad we rushed to catch that boat!
The next day we had a full day. We started with a lot of driving to Cape Reinga, the northern-most tip of NZ. Also spectacularly beautiful! This is where the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea meet, which is similar to what we saw when we were in the South Island. So cool! After that, we had a picnic lunch at the bay and then went sliding down these massive sand dunes. It was pretty fun because we had the dunes all to ourself where we were, but boy was it a hike getting up! We went down on boogie boards and if that dune wasn't so high, I would've done it again and again...
After that, we drove the 90 Mile Beach. It's exactly what it sounds like: a long stretch of beach. Very nice. We stopped at a kauri wood shop, which is a beautiful native NZ wood. It's like the koa wood of NZ. It's also ridiculously expensive, so none of you will be receiving anything kauri.
To top off a great day, we had dinner at a really, really great fish and chips place. By far the best fish and chips I ever had in my life! The perfect ending to a great day.
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