As we left Wanganui in the morning we were a bit late and decided to have a breakfast in town before leaving for New Plymouth. The previous day whilst walking around town we had seen a ‘Celtic Café’ which sold home made Pasties and we decided we should by some for breakfast. However they were also cooking an ‘Irish Breakfast’ and so we ordered that and sat outside in the street beneath the flowers and sipping tea and enjoying eggs, bacon, black pudding etc. With the sun shining Wanganui looked a very nice place and much nicer than it seemed yesterday.Its amazing what a good nights sleep and a big breakfast can do.
On leaving the town we discovered that the town is much bigger than we expected and there were also some very nice living areas in the hills overlooking the town.
The drive from Wanganui at first was quite boring with mostly flat roads until we got nearer to New Plymouth and the hills started to appear and there was no obvious shortage of rain here as everything was green. In a small town outside of New Plymouth we noticed a garage with a bright yellow
So off we went for a walk around the town, there is nothing special abouth this place, and although we did a couple of miles but really this is a Port City and not to nice. In the evening rather than sit on the bed and eat we went and found a ‘Seafood’ Restaurant, we hoped only it turned out to be an up market fish and chip place. It was Ok but not quite what we expected.
We are now starting to plan our road trip from
Tomorrow we leave for Taupo
