A Blogger in Black

Friday 2 nd February Sandra: Journey to Whangamata – another reasonable journey time today which did not necessitate a very early start.   I had enjoyed my stay in Tauranga far more than I had expected – a lively an interesting place.   We followed the coast for part of the way, in and out or over inlets which are a feature of this part of the coast – we would certainly see more of that over the coming few days.   We were still very much in horticultural growing areas and there were all types of fruit and veg on sale for the local buyer as well as more commercial growers.   We had started to see vineyards, orchards etc all covered in miles of netting – other than obvious reasons we pondered as to why some rows were not and the others were.   It would take to the final day on Waikeke Island for us to find out the proper reason. We were on the lookout for a coffee stop and the town of Katikati was next on the map.   What an absolute find.   ...