Nov 4 Sunday Waiwera to Paihia 194 miles 8 hrs. A long drive today.It is raining lightly . We travel through the Waysous forest today with some extremely wicket curves. It tests Bills driving skills. We meet a Tracks Caravan going the opposite direction. They have 24 rigs also. We stop at a very good pioneer museum. It was a huge place with many rooms. Their gum room was particular interesting, clumps of gum hardened. It looked like pieces of amber, some had insects inbeded in them. www.kauri-museum.com We go through Dargaville the sweet potato capital of NZ. We stay at the Bay of Islands holiday park . We are here for 2 days.
Nov 3 Saturday Waitom0 to Waiwera 142 miles 4.5hr Overcast today as we travel on the Awkland freeway. The traffic is not too bad as it is Saturday. We pass Aukland ( we will return in 3 days). We can see the skytower . We arrive at Waiwera thermal holiday park. We wakl to their thermal pools . www.waiwera.co.nz It is a vast complex of water slides and over 20 indoor outdoor naturally heated poolsof different temperatures. We have an ocean view right in front of the water