Quiet day and then Whangarei

Yesterday was a fairly quiet day. Thursday night we had Syd and Annie over for a catchup - some wine and fish and chips. Then over night it rained and was still raining in the morning - by mid morning the rain had cleared and we decided to take a walk at our beach. It was low tide and we checked out the rock pools and talked to some of the locals.
We had lunch and had an early afternoon coffee downtown which was closing at 2 - then we drove north of town to a beach known as Shipwreck Bay - a really nice beach and we wandered around to a rocky point, took some photos.
This holiday has provided great opportunities to take photos.
Today we checked out of our house - the sky was like every other day at Ahipara - billowing clouds, blue skies and warm temperatures.
Stopped off at Mangonui - "Little Kitchen" - best coffee in Northland - as we were leaving there was some excitement near the roadside wharf and we went to see and there were Orca's - 5 in total and the locals were saying they were feeding off the Rays.
Set off for Whangarei, with a plan to stop in Kawakawa for lunch and a street wander, but it was poring rain when we got there and decided to keep going.
Met Penny and Mark at a Tavern around the harbour bays - had a pizza and a beer and drove a few km to our house.
So we are here for a few days - sitting in the lounge looking out over the harbour - peaceful and warm. We are 500m as the crow flies to the Whangarei airport - but no noise!Read more