After leaving Christchurch we flew up to Auckland and then across to KeriKeri. The flights cost around £550 for 2 people. The plane from Auckland to KeriKeri was very small and noisy. At the airport in KeriKeri there is no border control, they just wheel your baggage off into the arrival lounge. The gentleman waiting to pick us up was pretty much standing on the tarmac. Opononi was about 1 hour drive west through very green countryside and hills. The weather was pleasant, warm clean air.
The house sit we were now at was a restored school with large gardens, a swimming pool, hot tub and vegetable gardens. The closest large supermarket was 45 minutes drive away so we had to do a weeks worth of shop each time. There was a small shop about 10 minutes drive but it was limited to what we could buy.
Opononi, although there was not much to do in the area had the best views on our trip. It was lovely to see and there was hardly any tourists in the area which made it all the better. We did drive 2 and a half hours to the Bay of Islands, but i think the best way to see these is from the sky because looking across the dirty water was nothing special. The area they are in is very tourist and lost anything traditional or historical. On the way to the Bay of Island there were hot springs but as the weather was turning we did not stop off here.
The main attraction (and only attraction) in Opononi was the sand dunes across the bay. You could hire canoes to get across or hop on a boat and slide down the huge dunes at the other side.
As this house sit was pretty much in the middle of know where we used it as more of a relaxing place, where we sat around the pool, enjoyed the countryside and how peaceful it was. Through the day there was no noise other than the cows in the fields.
We stayed here for 3 weeks before heading back to Melbourne Australia to start another house sit. Sorry this blog was not very long but join me next time when we are in Indented Head, Melbourne.
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