Monday, February 03, 2014

Monday 3rd February 2014- Martinborough to Whakatani

We had about 550 kilometres to do today and bear in mind it is 90% single lane roads but what a fantastic drive yet again. We passed rolling hills, mountains with snow on, gorges with fast flowing water and finally the odd volcano or two. The journey took us via Taupo and Rotarua (where you can smell the sulphur in the air) and then on to Whakatani where we arrived around 18.00 hrs and we were both a little tired after the long drive but also having enjoyed it immensely at the same time.
Whakatani is a nice little town and we found with help from the receptionist an excellent restaurant which is renowned for its seafood and we both had the fish of the day which was snapper baked and placed on top of potatoes and pesto, absolutely brilliant and we almost licked the plates. We had a short walk around the town and there certainly appears to be some money here with the expensive new apartments overlooking the sea and quite a few bars and restaurants. Would certainly come back here sometime should we ever return.
Back to camping from tomorrow night in a place called Miranda in the Coromandel peninsular.