Six go a'travelling: Day 28 - Awanui to Cape Reinga and return

Day twenty-eight was a tiring but lazy day. We caught the tourist bus and were driven to Cape Reinga and returned. It was a fabulous day, a day when the drivers could see everything. We left our park at Awanui at 9.00 o'clock and drove to the Kauri Shop just down the road and viewed the items made from swamp kauri. The prices were steep but the items great. The circular staircase in the kauri treet was fabulous.

We drove on throught the Far North towards Cape Reinga, stopping several times to view different scenes. We drove into Tapotupotu Bay for lunch. This bay is what dreams are made of. Lunch was great to. It would be a great place for fishing. We then drove onto Cape Reinga. The views from this place are fabulous. Walking down the walkway to the lighthouse, english was the uncommon language. The visitors to NZ just loved it. View the pics.

After this we drove back to the river where we drove through to get to the ninety mile beach. The long drive down through the recently flooded river in a bus was marvellous. We could not stop or the weight of the bus would have sunk us into the sand. On the way down the river we could see other groups sand surfing down the high sand dunes. We didn't get a chance as our bus couldn't stop.

The beach is a fabulous place to drive. There are plenty of interesting things to see and do on the 75 kilometre drive. We went back to the kauri shop while the bus was cleaned of all the salt spray before we were dropped off at our camp site. A fabulous day. While having a late happy hour Don and Val joined us. They will do the Cape tomorrow then join us as we begin the downward drive down the east coast.