Our New Adventure

 We left Matamata last Tuesday about 7 30 am. We had a cup of tea stop in Cambridge with Eddie's sister. She has just moved into a brand new house, so we had to see that before we moved north.

 We had a good run up from there, as we were on dual carriage highway all the way to Puhoi, so Eddie had no worries about traffic behind us. We had a lunch stop at Wellsford and got here about 3 30, so we were pleased with out time.

Our set up at the Pataua Caravan park

 

 

Our view of the pa site from our door

The pa site is now tapu, so no one is allowed to climb up it. It's a shame that some people abuse things, so the rest of us miss out. The view from the top must be pretty spectacular.  It would have been a great place to keep an eye out for any enemies that may have been around. 

 On Thursday, we went for a bike ride to the foot bridge that goes over the estuary to Pataua North. We biked all around Pataua  North. There are some very nice modern homes over that side. By the time we got home we had done 7.3 kilometres.

These are 2 views from the Pataua North looking across to Pataua South

On Thursday, Eddie took the drone fishing and caught 2 snapper, which were very tasty. Unfortunately, the drone had some sort of a hissy fit. He released his line and pressed the home button and the drone went up, down, left, right. Repeat. He pressed the buttons again and the darn thing set off for the Poor Knight Islands, that are just off the coast here. Luckily it is still under warranty and he is able to get a new one. It seems the gyro went very wrong. 

Yesterday, I went and learnt how to book people in and today Eddie is going to learn how she likes the rubbish to be collected from the campsites then he is going to go out in the kayak for a spot of fishing.

Here are more pictures of the beach at Pataua North.  The Poor Knight Islands are on the horizon of the first photo.