The ladies went for a walk on the beach before breakfast.
Then we popped in to claris to buy some provisions as the island seems to shut at 5pm and we weren’t sure if we’d be back in time. I got jane a coffee and saw international musician and local resident Jazz Coleman in the cafe.
the closest we came to seeing a dolphin all week (the photo shown was taken on great barrier island)
This afternoon we drove over to whangaprapara to do some exploring. There wasn’t much there but it’s very pretty.
After a coffee at the hotel/village store/bar/dive equipment hire/car rentals etc.
We then went for a walk to a picturesque waterfall with a swimming hole underneath which looked to perfect to be true (there was another family there and i had the wrong camera (grommit) so the pictures don’t show how amazing it was). The water was very cold though so jane and me just put our feet in.
After that we did a long walk to some hot pools. They were just part of a river where some hot water bubbles out of the ground and people can sit in the muddy watery warmth. Jane and i did that while e and k did some exploring.
On the way back we got some burgers from the `food court’ area.
this is the local radio station.
