The rain started late afternoon yesterday and came down like a monsoon all through the night. Tin roof does not help to aid sleeping! It has rained most of today too, but not so violently. We have heavy grey skies but we set out for the day, what’s a bit of bad weather? We have seen so little rain since January.

We returned to the road out to the north and East. Today we reached Rangitukia, just beyond Tikitiki. Here there is a Waka ( Maori decorated long canoe) in a meadow. You can only view it from the gravel road.

Rangitukia is the most easterly point of the world that we have ever or will ever set foot on. The East Cape is the first area in the world to see the sunrise each new day.

We saw the Tolaga Bay Pier again. this time is was high tide and grey skies so we photoed it to compare with blue sky photos from Thursday. Some old couples were having a snack at the picnic tables sitting under large black umbrellas!

I haven’t taken many pics today but we have had good fun. We drove round a bend and came face to face with a little pig, black faced white body in the middle of the road. Next we passed a field with a goat herd in it, there must have been 80/100!

We have seen groups of turkeys along the roadside and also puketo birds on the verges. no rainbows today though.

We hoped to see HIKURANGI a sacred mountain,a volcano, but at1754m it was covered by cloud sadly.

Back in Poverty Bay ie Gisborne it is pelting down with rain again. So we are chilling out in our motel.

Last night we had 32mm rain and we are having more rain tomorrow, our last day in this area.