Were not crowing we are just Baying !!

What a place for’ R&R’ the Bay of Islands proved to be. We effectively had three days in one of the most idyllic area of North Island if not NZ . The hotel we stayed in was situated right on the shoreline of one of the many bays that make up the Bay of Islands. The actual township was called Waitangi which was where the treaty was signed to bring peace between the Europeans and the Maoris. Enough of the history I am sure you want to see some ‘piccies’ of the areas we were so enamored with - so here goes. This is a shot of the view from our hotel room across the bay

This is a shot of the view from our hotel room across the bay

This is view of some of the islands that make up the ‘Bay of Islands’ as there are 140 declared islands the shot only shows some which are most picturesque. Taken from the air (obviously !!)


We took a plane excursion to Cape Reinga the furthest accessible northern point of the North Island along a shore line called the 90 mile beach – which is in fact 63 miles of unbroken beach and is quite a site to fly over. We can now say we have done the equivalent of Lands End to John o’ Groats of New Zealand where Stewarts Island is Lands End and Cape Reinga (John o’ Groats).

The flight took us over a majority of the islands and we had good weather so hopefully Sue’s video replicate the scenes we saw for some of you luckily enough to be bored with our holiday video when we get back !!

Today we have journeyed to Auckland in preparation for our return trip home. We have a single night here and then take a flight on Saturday midday to Singapore. We will be at Singapore for three days; then back home. We will sign off from Singapore so be sure to look at the final epistle from the Wilmslowbunnies !!!