Friday 27th February- Heading for the Coramandel Region

The drive from Turangi to North East North Island was very nice indeed with hardly a car on the road for the first two hours or so of the journey. We went up the Westside of Lake Taupo and then headed for Taurangi on the East Coast. From there we drove up the coast to the first two camp sites that we wished to visit before making a final decision.

Both of the two sites we are looking at are in Waihi Beach with one being a Top 10 site and the other a private site but this time with only four stars.

We arrived at the first site and turned it down as it would appear to be mostly for fixed caravans and then drove to the Top 10 Park at the other end of Waihi Beach and after a small deliberation we decided to stay rather than drive another 80 or so miles and then be disappointed.

It did not take us long to set up the tent, practise makes perfect they say, and then we had to decide what we wanted for dinner this evening. After a walk around the shops at Waihi beach we decided not to cook but have Chinese Fish and Chips and take it along the beach somewhere. The food was good and afterwards we did some reading.

Our plan is to start touring the Coramandel Peninsular over the next three days before heading of to the Kauri Coast, which is on the North West coast almost at the top of North Island.

We arrived back at camp and read for a while in the lounge and then headed of to bed as it started to rain a little. No not more rain I here!

By midnight it was chucking it down in a big way so read tomorrows exiting episode to find out what happened.