Awesome number 1 – it’s Jo’s 21st today. We’re very, very proud of her. It was a lazy morning with a chocolate muffin doubling up as a birthday cake and as breakfast. Then off to the airport for a flight up to Cape Reinga. It’s easy to find – just keep going north until NZ stops and that’s where it is.
Jo is 21 and could fly a plane (except she doesn’t really know how), but we relied on Daniel, our pilot, instead.
The scenery just kept coming and coming.
Then we flew over 90 mile beach. Two questions:
1. How long is it? Answer – 64 miles. It’s a long story …
2. Who do you find there? Well, it’s designated as a proper highway that you can drive on, so they really do have our friendly traffic policemen keeping order. I suppose it beats the M6!
Coming in to land, a turkey flies alongside, presumably for fun.
Another beach.
Then Cape Reinga, where the signs are pretty self-explanatory.
The waters weren’t especially turbulent today, just a few little ripples.
Here we are, right at the top of NZ.
Here’s the lighthouse – it’s a long long way to anywhere from here.
And up the hill. Probably doesn’t work that well, but what I’m trying to show is between my arms I can see land – all the rest is sea, so we’ll over 300 degrees.
Then stopped for tea and cake on the beach. I also found my long-lost triplets :o)
It really was tea and cake laid on, including a tablecloth!
Part 2 to follow shortly.