Andrew and I booked to go on a coach tour to the tip of new zealand on day 3. it was a 12 hour bus jaunt so we didn’t think the kids would be up to it
the first thing of the day was dune boarding down these massive natural dunes
i decided to take photos rather than hurtle myself down the hill, but andrew was game
he got a bit sandy
it was a backpackers tour so we had a completely hyperactive bus driver kiwi chap
here he is doing his second sand boarding trip (whizzing across the river bed which is also a designated road)
here he is running around the bus in bare feet opening a gate to let us in to a bit of forest we probably shouldn’t have been driving through
and here he is body boarding at a beach later in the day. the bus driving was just an excuse to have big fun
we made it up to the northern most tip of new zealand which is cape reigna
it was busy with tourist which is a novelty for us as we haven’t really seen masses of people like this since we were in england !
here’s the famous sign post
(here’s where the tasman sea meets the pacific)
then in the afternoon we whizzed along 90 mile beach at 100km/hour
like the river which feeds it, 90 mile beach is a designated road (although it disappears under water except a couple of hours each side of low tide)
we stopped at one point to have a wander
so, all in all a great day out !
meanwhile the ladies did some diary writing, relaxing up, swimming and visiting a beach not too far from where we were at one point
here are some sugar sachets with wise words on them
