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Nicola and Max's Travels
Finally finished work and the two of us are off for our proper travels starting with Bay of Islands and the North of the North Island. We headed up to Pahai for a bit of Dolphin swimming and spent the day on a boat cruising around the Bay of Islands hunting for some dolphins. Unfortunatley we didn't come across any dolphins but Nicola did find another hole in a rock to add to the collection! We found out later that there were Orca whales in the area which meant the dolphins were hiding and we din't even get to see the whales!! Never mind.
Onwards to Cape Reinga and the infamous 90 mile beach which also doubles as a highway up the west of the cape! After hearing the tales of cars being swallowed by the sand we decided to go by bus instead of taking poor Dougall and had some great commentary from the driver who kept leaving us to enjoy the view quietly only to return 5 seconds later with some more interesting stories. We had great fun surfing (or toboganning) down the dunes, think it'll be the closest we get to toboganning this year but at least it was a bit warmer!
We headed back down the coast to pick up Nic's dad from the airport, stopping on the way so as Max could check out some diving in colder waters. Not as nice as diving in the warmth of Fiji but she did get to see a shark and some huge Stingray!
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