We woke up this morning in a nice comfy bed in Susi and Dale's warm house. As lovely as it was - we missed our camper van (but not the cold nights)! We had some breakfast, said our goodbyes then got back on the road.
We drove into Auckland where we stopped at Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. We spent a couple of hours learning about explorers like Scott of Antarctic, as well as seeing their living conditions in mock huts. We saw massive stingrays, sharks and all manor of fish in the Underwater section and went on a Snow-cat ride through the penguin encounter (which is set up to perfectly simulate the sunrise, sunsets and climate changes of the Antarctic).
After that we headed along the coast to Mission Bay and had a quick wonder around. It looked really nice here, with loads of restaurants - but it was too chilly for Nikki today so we got back in the van to warm up.
I let Nikki choose the next place we'd visit. She said she wanted to see the Glowworm Caves in Waitomo, so told me to head South to Raglan We left Auckland and drove for a couple of hours. It wasn't until we'd pulled into the campsite, and I looked at the map, that I realised we were in the wrong place... d'oh! At least this place is a bargain at $9 each... and only an hours drive from the caves.
We had some chilli for tea then walked across the field into the town area. By now it was getting dark and so we stopped in the 'Sports Bar' for a lime and soda each. We were pleased when the barman said there was no charge. Nikki has been moaning that she has nothing to put on her toast in the morning, so I also borrowed some honey sachets from the bar, all in all - a worthwhile visit to the pub!
It's so cold - i'm gonna buy some extra socks (to put in Nikki's mouth: to stop the moaning)!
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