Limestone Formations

Low tide

Old shearing shed, Maungakaramea

The Stone Store

Oldest shop in NZ

Hut-baging in Northland

Puketi Trampers Hut

I like this camping ground

And I keep the location to myself :-)

More Limestone Island

More ruins

Limestone Island ruins

WWII gun emplacement at Whangarei Heads

Pohutakawa tree

Sandy Bay- Whangarei district

Ngawha Springs

Spent the day at the hot pools today. It was great to see something rough and ready- not overdeveloped for the delicate sensitivities of the tourist market. Wooden sides to the pools and real mud and sand in them! Nothing matched or was pretty and it had the DIY appeal of the classic NZ bach- before they were torn down and replaced by million dollar McMansions.

$4 for adults and a buck each for the boys.

We will return. This is the first time in many years that I have been pain-free while being totally sober!

And I must say I prefer smelling of sulfur to smelling of chlorine by-products...

Oakura Bay

Info here:

http://www.oakurabay.co.nz

Lang's Beach

Waipu, Whangarei.

Abbey caves, Whangarei

Subtropical forest- Whangarei