Wednesday …This is our last holiday day in NZ as we travel to Auckland to fly out to HongKong tomorrow evening. 

We split the day up into seaside and volcano/lakes,calling back at “kiwi 360” for a kiwi cheese cake and coffee. 

We followed the Pacific highway to Whakatane. It was a good drive through hilly farmland and kiwi orchards. The town was busy and had a strong Maori culture to it. There was a statue in honour of the Maori leader’s daughter out to sea. We saw many sea birds and a pair of swallows on the sea shore. There was a harbour and further out a sandbank and surfers riding the surf. On the road into town was a huge Maori house which was open to the public.

 In the afternoon we travelled inland to the lakes. We passed 5 of several large lakes near to Rotorua on the thermal highway. They looked calm and blue and inviting. 

Oh and the cheesecake was yummy!

I will add photos later as not enough wifi mbs left to do this!

Just leaving motel now to travel up to Auckland, still very hot but weather is set to change tomorrow! Weren’t we lucky xxxx

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