Cyclone tail hitting North island over the weekend and bringing Autumn weather

Today we were woken up early with rain hammering on the roof, at times it was deafening. We packed up and left The Bay of Islands. We had a 200 mile journey to do retracing steps south through Auckland and then down to the Coromandel peninsular

We are at a town called Thames and are here for 5 nights using it as a base to explore this part of the North Island.

We have a really fast wifi connection. Its like heaven after all the difficulties with communication we have had up to now!

The rain caught us up and it is pouring down here but warm too.Here is Auckland as we passed on the motorway!

More tomorrow, we have explored the town and wharf nearby in the rain but snug inside now watching the weather through the windows xxxxx