Thursday, December 20: We drove an hour and a half north of our previous place, Okaihau. We ended up staying at a cool hostel-type place called the Rockhouse just a short drive outside the city of Kaitaia. We booked an excursion for the next day as soon as we arrived. -Renelle
Friday, December 21: Our excursion with Harrisons tour company was today. We were to be picked up at a coffee shop and craft store just outside of Kaitaia. The first bus didn’t stop to let us get on and that worried us a bit. I phoned the company and a second bus came to get us. We were all sitting individually because the bus was packed. Once we stopped at the first destination and caught up with the other bus we moved over to the first bus since there was more room on it. We stopped at Rarawa beach and felt the silica sand on our feet and waded in the water. We drove to Cape Reinga the northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. It is also known as Te Rerenga Wairu – a sacred place. In Maori belief, Cape Reinga is the departing place of the Spirits of the recently deceased. It is also the dramatic meeting place of the Tasman and Pacific Oceans. You can see the two colours in some of the photos. We also enjoyed sand boarding on the sand dunes (although the hike up wasn’t as fun). Lastly, the 4×4 tour bus drove through the Te Paki stream and soft sand as well as 73km of the 90 mile beach. – Renelle
Yesterday I came to a new place. There is a puppy named Monty he is so cute and kind of hiper but I think he is stil cute. Today I went sandbording it was so fun I where gogols. We went on this huge beach and on the way the bus driver said there are 30 000 000 sheep in New Zealand. – Gabriel
Today we went on a tour through the 90 mile beach. We went sand boarding, to the beach and to go get ice cream. I’m going to talk about those later. First we went to go and get ice cream which was very good. I got Boysenberry. Next we went sand boarding. What you do is you go on a boogie board with your feet behind you and you lift the front of the boogie board up and it is very fun. Finally we went to the beach. I wanted to swim but it was too cold and there was a big undertow. So that is what I did today. – Danika
Today we went on a tour. We went to places. We did some cool stuff like sand boarding. It was tobogganing except not as fun. You end up going down a sand dune and hit water. We got ice cream. I got rum and raisin. It was good. The 90 mile beach was pretty cool also. It explains it in the name. And the last place was where the two oceans collide, now that was COOL. – Sayer
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