We stayed for 9 days at the camping ground at Waihau Bay. The only problem was that there is no wifi, data or phones as we are in a dead area. We found a spot up on a hill on the other side of Waihau Bay where we get reception. We rang Wireless nation and gave us a 5 day credit. That was the best they could do. We did hope for 9 days, but 5 is better than nothing. It is one of the areas they don’t reach. It’s the first time we haven’t been able to get services since we have been with them, so I guess that’s not too bad.
Eddie has been doing a bit of fishing, but hasn’t caught anything yet.
We have often wondered why our waste water gauge always said it was ¾ full and while we were at Omaio we found the answer. We had trouble emptying in Opotiki and in the end Eddie opened a valve under the shower and empty it that way. At Omaio he was fiddling about with a stick up the pipe and pulled out a chux multi cloth which must have been in there for ages. I don’t use them in the kitchen, but the sink doesn’t have a filter on it and the pipe goes straight to the tank. We think the man before us lost a cloth that way and it has been blocking up the system ever since. Now our gauge is accurate, so hooray for that.
I was doing a load of washing one morning at Waihau Bay and the machine stopped working, so the manager, Bub, told me to put it into her washing machine out the back. I think it’s the one they use for camp linen. It is a Haier machine and it took 2 hours!! I tried to make it just do a rinse, but I couldn’t change the settings, so that was a bit annoying. This afternoon another camper tried to use it and had the same problem as me. I saw Eric (Bub’s husband) taking her load of washing to his place on the back of his quad bike. He told me they have new machines coming. It would seem not to be a moment too soon with the summer rush about to start.
We had some nice walks along the beach. It’s nice to walk on as it’s fairly flat and the sand is hard when the tide is out.
We have so many leaves on our roof and in the gutter, so Eddie spent some time one morning pulling it all out and cleaning the gutter.
So that we didn't fill up with leaves again we moved to a site without trees around us. We were on a non powered site for the last days of our stay.
Forgot to mention that we were having a bit of trouble with the gas water heater when we were in Opotiki. Eddie had a look and found that the bit that ignites had a bit of soot on it. With a bit of dry steelo pad he was able to fix it.
Our TV is struggling too. There is something not right with the aerial. It goes ok for a while and then starts to freeze and the sound makes weird popping noises. Eddie thought he had fixed it in Opotiki, but it didn’t last very long. I think it might be necessary to get someone in to look at it.
We went to Te Araroa to get groceries last Sunday for the next week or so. We checked out the huge pohutukawa tree that is reputed to be 350 years old before we got the groceries. The flowers are still coming out, so it wasn’t as impressive as it will be in a week or so.
From Waihau Bay we went to Maraehako for 2 nights. Eddie was a bit disappointed he couldn't use the drone there. He did some surf casting, but no fish again.
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