Yesterday we cruised about 90kms north of the city to a place called Mangawhai which is a stunning surf beach township. Lovely roads up north, reasonably quiet as the last day of the school holidays, so everyone had already headed home. Had a lovely lunch, a nosey in the pottery gallery next door, and also most found the need to go to the chocolatier around the corner. :yum:
A couple more pics. It was certainly a very colourful meet.
Outside the Smashed Pipi.
A few more pics here in better quality, taken by one of the guys.
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After here onto the beach as above for photos, then up Cove Road, to Waipu right along the coastline, back home via a quietish route. Absolutely gorgeous area, very twisty roads, only narrow & corrugated! A test of skills. If you have a look on google maps if you're interested, put in Mangawhai, New Zealand, or Waipu, New Zealand.