We had a six night stretch between our Auckland Airbnbs which we used as a target to get the van set up for sleeping in. We added storage, MDF boarding, mattresses, stove, cooking stuff, curtains and a portaloo. All too much for some of us!
Then we were all set to live in the van for a few nights. We spent the first few school nights staying in nearby bays and having dinner in local places - taco Tuesday and the local Indian were the highlights. Then we headed off to the beautiful beaches of Kare Kare and Piha for Friday night. The sand on the west coast is black due to the volcanic history. Fine at this time of year, but apparently too hot to walk on in the height of summer!
Then we went across to the Coromandel Peninsula to the right of Auckland. First stop Miranda where we enjoyed the hot spring literally in the campsite and the nearby bird watching. There were a lot of birds - Godwits, Oyster Catchers, Spoonbills and Herons. The Godwits had come all the way from Alaska.
We drove up the peninsula through beautiful quiet bays on a winding road and stayed up near Coromandel Town. Boo and Olive loved playing in the mud too much - what a mess!
For our final day we went into a great, if slightly crazy place called The Waterworks. It was full of different things to do with water, reusing lots of old things like bits of metal and plastic and toilets. We had a happy time spraying each other with water and making all the different displays do things like playing music and moving water around to hit targets. Selina enjoyed the zip wire and Olive enjoyed the hamster wheel in the play park bit.
The van was a mess by the end!
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