Our hotel was a little of the main st and regrettably again had no cooking facilities in its excellent motel unit that was ours for 3 nights. Making up for this was the biggest and best bed I have ever slept in, a king size you seemed to be lost in. We did a load of washing in the hotel laundrette and emailed Gord who was looking after the watering at home and the chooks. We'd put the dogs in a kennel, not wanting to overload Gord, especially with all the thunderstorms activity and the shot gun blasts in the distance that occur regularly and sends dogs into panic, particularly if we aren't there.
Friday our first of two full days we took the coastal tourist drive to the north east calling in at numerous picturesque bays small and not so small, at one of which we had our picnic lunch which is a favourite activity of Lib and I these day followed by the read of a book, in my case in the nearest shade available, and in Lib's in full sun lathered in sunscreen.
We'd seen an advertising hoarding of a day sailing trip on a sixteen berth yacht with gourmet lunch so on returning to Piahia that afternoon we decided to book for the next day only to find it was booked out. Plan B was the big tourist booking office near the wharf which also had a day sailing sign and book we did, $110 a head including lunch. I think it was the best $110 I have ever spent. We were on the Maxi yacht 'Lion' which was built by Sir Peter Blake I think in the 1980's and came second in an around the world event that Blake was determined to win and which he did at his next try in a slightly lighter and faster boat he had purpose built. This is the bloke also that won the Americas Cup for New Zealand after Australia's win at Fremantle in 1983. A serious and famous sailor.
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| This sort of scenery is everywhere |
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| The yacht stopped at this 'Isle ot the Princess' for an hour |
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| The view from the lookout, The big yacht central is 'Lion' |
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