Arrived on time 😀
The Singapore airlines plane is enormous against Virgin!
We had a really nice taxi driver who has lived in Aukland for 30 years and (was originally from Sacramento CA.. apparently people do move from CA to NZ it’s much safer which didn’t surprise me) he pointed out some slights at a distance and has obviously got the rugby bug.
We got the 13.30 Ferry (fullers.co.nz) with less than a minute to spare and a 35 min crossing.
On arrival Nat was there from http://www.waihekeislandguesthouse.com and we had a brief trip in the mini bus with another couple who were over for a wedding.
We have the room at the top of the ‘house’ but not sure house is the right word as is a series of interconnected blue corrugated iron covered wooden buildings.
We then then decided to do a quick walk down the hill to Ostend and Belgium St where there are some shops. Not very interesting but we did managed to buy some beer (https://speights.co.nz/products/gold-medal-ale/speights-gold-medal-ale) and a bottle of red merlot (https://www.yealands.co.nz/international/our-wines/peter-yealands/eco) and have a nice ice cream.
We then decided to walk to Onetangi Beach a steep walk up to a viewpoint.
The beach at Onetangi looked so nice we decided to walk down. Only another 30 mins. Once there after a barefoot stroll across the beach we then decided to have a drink. Firstly at The Boathouse (http://www.boathousewaiheke.co.nz). Bridget had a tasteless Apple Cider and I had a craft lager. Both disappointing so moved onto Charlie Farley’s (http://charliefarleys.co.nz). Better beer and cider plus a blues band playing. https://michaelnaylor.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_2523-1.movIt was then time to walk back. It was not too far but we were getting tired. The plan was a pizza delivered! However when we phoned sadly all the delivery slots were booked so after walking all the way back we needed to walk back down to Ostend to get a take away pizza. We were exhausted and had walked over 10km and after eating collapsed into bed and slept very well.
Pretty good going on top of jet lag. Not surprised you slept well.
glad to hear you arrived safe and sound. Should think you are exausted. Good luck with the beer and wine hunt.
Looks a bit like Cornwall!! 🙊