Opape didn’t open, and we still haven’t heard from her, so we went to Island View camping ground at Opotiki. We enjoyed it last time we were here a few years ago with friends.
They have done up the toilets and kitchens since we were here. It is a very quirky decoration around the place. The showers are so nice and quite hot too. I think they are the best showers that we have ever seen in a camping ground.
When we arrived we were surprised to find Lloyd and Beth and Don and Sarah Jane from Thornton. Even more strangely we are alongside each other. There are big hedges between vans, so we can’t see them, but we know they are there. We have had a couple of social evenings before dinner over the last few days.
Eddie fished at Maraenui and caught a nice size trevally. He caught a snapper at Opotiki, so the drone is beginning to earn its keep.
It’s been a bit windy since we got here, so it was nice to have a calm day. I went for a walk along the cycle trail that runs between the dunes and the back of the camp.
These 2 totem poles are on the walk/bike trail I walked on one day. They tell the story of 2 brothers who came on the first waka. They had 2 pet taniwha which they released into a spring, O-potiki-Mai-Tawhiti, which means 2 pets from far away.
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