Mercury Bay, New Zealand
Hey, the three of us went from Auckland an headed east along the north island in our kiwi experience bus, and across the Haruki plains- gren, flat areas used for dairy farming. We crossed the Thames river, and to the town of thames which was a cute little town (with the mountains of the coromandel peninsula overlooking it). Had lunch here, then went across the coromandel peninsula (nice rolling hills with kauri trees and tree ferns, with the odd bit of open grass...