Big Trip

No, that's not a Kiwi exclamation, it's where we went for lunch. Took an early water taxi up the coast today, hopping from one bay to the next. Passed Split Apple Rock (I'll leave you to guess...) and saw basking seals at Tonga Island. Hopped off at Tonga Bay and had a nice hours walk up through the forest (BIG tree ferns) and over the headland to the next bay at Awaroa. There's a hotel and cafe there, where you can have an overpriced lunch before heading off to the beach. So we did. We spent a couple of hours dozing, digging big holes, and playing in a lovely little 'shelter' (more like a sculpture) that someone had made from driftwood, before catching the water taxi back to Kaiteriteri.
We spent the evening pinned down in the van by the torrential rain, which was relentless. Mind you, we did marvel that it's the first time we've really been stuck like that during our whole time on the road.