We started off today with a long drive ahead of us, but luckily we were already almost completely packed and were able to get out at 7:15 am.
The weather for the drive started out pretty well and although there were a few clouds along the way, all in all, the weather was great for travel.
Our first rest stop was Taihape where we stopped at New World to buy new toothbrushes and toothpaste, as we had forgotten ours. After that we walked over to a cafe where we bought a hot chocolate and a friand. We then took the dogs for a quick walk around the town's central park so that they could relieve themselves and stretch their legs. On the way out of town we found this particular point of interest: Gumboot Park, where the central sculpture was a corrugated iron gumboot.
After leaving Taihape, our next stop was Turangi (south of Taupo)--where we had a veggie burger picnic. We encountered some water fowl here, including swans and ducks. We also saw Canada Geese, but they had too much attitude to get their photos taken (hence, only swans and ducks below).
Me made a really quick rest stop not long afterwards (can't remember the town's name) where we came across a camper sculpted out of bricks.
Our final rest stop before reaching our destination was a little town called Tirau. Apparently, they've taken decorative corrugated iron to the Nth degree here. Many of the town's shops are adorned by corrugated iron advertisements, including two building made out of corrugated iron that are sculpted to resemble a sheep and a dog!
We arrived in Raglan at about 5:00 pm, where we met the owner of our home stay. After a few quick pleasantries, we took the dogs for a walk to the beach, bought a pizza for a picnic along the water, and then took the dogs for a longer walk, once the remaining pizza was in our fridge. To cap off the day, we stopped in a little ice cream parlour for a little sumpin'-sumpin'.
Day one, is now over, we're both very tired and going to bed at about 9:00 pm.
Note: You can view all of our photos here: Picasa Web Album.
The weather for the drive started out pretty well and although there were a few clouds along the way, all in all, the weather was great for travel.
Me made a really quick rest stop not long afterwards (can't remember the town's name) where we came across a camper sculpted out of bricks.
Our final rest stop before reaching our destination was a little town called Tirau. Apparently, they've taken decorative corrugated iron to the Nth degree here. Many of the town's shops are adorned by corrugated iron advertisements, including two building made out of corrugated iron that are sculpted to resemble a sheep and a dog!
We arrived in Raglan at about 5:00 pm, where we met the owner of our home stay. After a few quick pleasantries, we took the dogs for a walk to the beach, bought a pizza for a picnic along the water, and then took the dogs for a longer walk, once the remaining pizza was in our fridge. To cap off the day, we stopped in a little ice cream parlour for a little sumpin'-sumpin'.Day one, is now over, we're both very tired and going to bed at about 9:00 pm.
Note: You can view all of our photos here: Picasa Web Album.
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