West Coast

1.The ferry across the Hokianga Harbour.

2. The view over looking the bar entrance to Hokianga Harbour.

3. & 4. The Kauri Forest just south of the Hokianga Harbour with Tane Mahuta the largest Kauri tree in New Zealand. The grey headed one is Bill.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

The stern above and bow below of the huge waka housed on the Treaty grounds.

The bow of the huge waka and outside some smaller waka.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds, House and Whare

1. June walking across the lawn in the Treaty Grounds with the flag pole flying the New Zealand ensign on top and the Northern Tribes flag on the left and the Union Jack on the right.

2. Bill and Al in front of the Treaty House.

3. Maori Whare in the Treaty Grounds.

4. Bill, Al and June inside the Whare.

5. A close up of some of the carved wood panels on the walls.

Ford Model T's

As we came out of the Treaty Grounds we saw the first two Model T Fords, later on the way home to the boat the red one passed us and we found the 1912 dark blue one near Haruru Falls. There was a Ford Model T car rally around the North Island.

Kerikeri Stone Store

Al, June and Bill in the Keirkeri Stone Store the oldest stone building in New Zealand.

Waitangi

Some of the Maori carvings at Waitangi and below the view of the Bay of Islands from the hill above the Treaty House. The first looking towards Russell and the second out of the Bay to the Black Rocks with the Nine Pin Rock, (looks like a shark fin) in the distance .

Al and June arrive in Auckland.

We picked Al and June up at the Auckland Airport on their arrival from Vancouver. Before driving North to the Bay of Islands a brief tour of the city was in order. The first destination was to find the house that Al and Bill shared with Dave and Scotty in 1970, at 87 Mount Smart Road, Onehunga. It certainly has changed over the last 40 years.

A drive to the top of Mount Eden, one of Auckland’s many extinct volcanoes, affords a panoramic view of the city, overlooking the Harbour Bridge, CBD and the Sky Tower, the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.

In the distance can be seen the Auckland Harbour Bridge and Rangitoto Island, a volcano which last erupted about 600 years ago.