Days 6&7

The Bay of Islands was magificent. We went to KeriKeri on Thursday pm and saw the oldest stone store in NZ. It was part of the CMS mission station and the Mission House is still there too. The setting was wonderful- most of the original furniture is in situ and the store has the same items as woould have been sold in the 1830s. The site by the river basin is wonderful. Today we have been on a boat trip to the Hole in the Rock just at the edge of the bay and the main ocean. The sea was an incredible colour blue but quite choppy but we went though the very narrow gap. We've now returned to Auckland en route to Rotorua and the south. We're so glad we came! The whole place has lived up to expectations and beyond. More on Sunday.