From the evening of Friday 15th July until the evening on Sunday 17th July, I spent the weekend in Paihia with my oldest friend and her mum. We arrived in Paihia around 7.30pm on the Friday and spent the evening catching up and having some girl time in the hotel room.
On Saturday we drove to Kerikeri and went to the Stone store, and then we went to the Parrot Zoo. (please excuse the photos, I forgot to take my camera so they were all taken on my iPhone)
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| Where we met this guy, he was amazing in person! |
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| I held a bird for the first time. He pooped on my shoulder. |
At the Parrot Zoo not only did I get to hold one bird, a second one climbed onto me when we where in the caged area feeding them. I was extremely nervous, now all I can think about is how awesome it was.
Next, we drove over to the Rainbow falls and on the way to get the car ferry over to Russell we went to Hururu falls.
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| Rainbow Falls |
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| Hururu Falls |
The car ferry to Russell was super quick which was disappointing as the area is so beautiful I would have loved to have gotten out and taken a load of pictures. Once at Russell we drove to the Flagstaff hill, which is where the flagstaff was chopped down by Hone Heke four times in protest to British Rule (Hone Heke was also the first Maori Chief to sign the Treaty of Wiatangi). Seeing a part of my countries history and the views were highlights of a highlight filled day.
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| Looking out towards Paihia |
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| More view, I really like the cloud |
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| The fifth flagstaff |
After our fun filled day we went back to Paihia. On the Sunday we started by packing our stuff and packing the car and then we headed across the road for breakfast.
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| View from breakfast |
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| View from breakfast |
Instead of coming directly back to Auckland, we drove across to the west coast and did a scenic detour. We stopped at the most amazing bathrooms in Kawakawa, stopped for the views from the peninsula in Omapere and went to see one of the most ancient trees in New Zealand in the Waipoua Forest.
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Kawakawa Bathrooms |
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| Omapere - looking across to the sand dunes |
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| Omapere |
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| Omapere - looking out to the Tasman Sea |
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| Omapere |
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| Waipoua Forest |
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| Waipoua Forest - Tane Mahuta |
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| Waipoua Forest - Tane Mahuta |
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| Waipoua Forest - Tane Mahuta |
Following our look at New Zealands most ancient Kauri we went to the Kauri Museum in Dargaville, a very cool place to visit.
After Dargaville we headed home and eventually arrived back at around 7.30pm. It was a fun packed 48 hours and I loved every second of it.
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