As today is a public holiday in NZ, we headed a couple of hours north to the Tutukaka coast, north east of Whangarei. Our first stopping point was Tutukaka itself, a marina and starting point for several fishing charters and dive boats heading out to Poor Knights islands, considered to be the best diving area in NZ. Now that Royston fancies himself as a fisherman, I think we will be heading back here soon so that he can go out deep sea fishing for tuna and marlin.
From here we headed around the coast to Sandy Bay, a favourite with the surfers and not particularly busy considering it is peak holiday time.
Back around the coast we then stopped at Woolleys Bay, again incredibly busy!!
We decided to settle here for lunch - not a bad spot for a BBQ! The deserted beach in the background is Whale Bay, only accessible by foot so one for another day.
On the way back we stopped off at the look out point for spectacular views - this is down to Ngunguru beach.
Whilst this is in the other direction back towards Tutukaka and Poor Knights islands.
On the way into Whangarei we stopped at the Whangarei Falls - very spectacular and a popular area for families with kids jumping in (but not over the falls!) and swimming.
Our final stop of the day was Whangarei town centre, with the Town Basin a particularly nice area with the marina and numerous restaurants and shops.
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