Bay of Islands

We picked up a hire car and drove up to Russell in the Bay of Islands. It's in the Northlands, right up towards the top of North Island. What a beautiful place! Colonial style buildings, beautiful beach and facing west. What more could you want?

We checked into the hotel, had a beer, went for a wander around the locality and watched the youngsters dive bombing off the pier. We had an early supper and I had the most beautiful tuna steak I've ever eaten. We wandered down the beach again and were entranced by the sounds coming from a tree. A Tui bird, I believe, he has the call of at least six birds. We did catch sight of him with his little wattles.

The sun was going down so I had to drag Marian away from her search for a Kiwi and head to the pier to catch the sunset. It's been a bit more cloudy today and shortly after this the rain came in. It doesn't seem like much and I'm sure tomorrow will be another lovely day.

David