Goat’s Island and Orewa

Day 44- March 22^nd

     

The next morning we went out to the beach to try Snorkeling, but the water was too choppy. Instead we took our time stopping at little stores and emptying out our NZ bank account. We ended up in Orewa at about noon, where we stayed at a self-contained cabin at Pinewoods Motorcamp. The cabin was only $110 NZD a night, but had two bedrooms, a kitchen, a TV, a private bathroom (probably the third one we’ve had on the trip) and a large table and couch.

        

We hung all of our stuff out to dry then walked out to the beach. My parents and sister went swimming while I took pictures. They then swam over to another beach and I walked along the road to meet them. It was a swimming beach with some surfers and swimmers, but otherwise fairly unremarkable. While they continued to swim, I walked back to our cabin and got some work done.

That night we got mostly packed while we watched Whale Rider, a fictional movie that explores the merging of the modern world with traditional culture. We also had a brought a DVD with a couple episodes of the TV series Flipper, which was funny to watch and see the differences in modern and ‘50s television.