this was the view from our bedroom window across the vine then the sea to Little Barrier Island
it was quite posh as you can see
it even had a basket of essential things you might have forgotten. we didn’t need any of these items
but we did inspect a magazine from the magazine drawer
the lodge was on a little vineyard which produced 10,000 bottles a year so is fairly substantial
they were picking the grapes while we were there as they were ready
saturday morning we had a massive breakfast in the kitchen on the communal table making conversation with fellow guest obligatory (but enjoyable)
then we did the 50 minute walk in to Matakana village down a nice little track.
after a coffee and hot water (respectfully) we popped over to the matakana market
before walking back to the lodge
while we were walking there we bumped in to a work contact who was on a stroll with her dog and her husband. they said we should pop in to their nearby holiday house if we were passing later in the day
after a quick drink on our private deck we drove over to Omaha (exploring a few places by car on the way)
temperature was in low 20s, but it was quite windy. and quite a few jelly fish and puffer fishes on the sand
we walked all the way down to the end of the beach then back via the posh holiday houses
after another cuppa at home we visited my work colleague’s very fancy bach which is a lovely little village on the waterfront
in the evening we got poshed up and went out for dinner
