Made light work of the 3 day ride up the Coremandel penninsula from Rotorua. It was along lovely, traffic light and for the most part flat roads. The weather feels like it's made the change to autumn. The days are that little bit cooler, the dew a bit more hesitant to clear in the mornings and the number of tourists on the road has plummeted.
We spent the nights mostly at quiet, backwater camp grounds, that seemed a world away from the commercialised, overpriced stuff that makes up the centre of the north island's tourist hub. All invigourating stuff for (the bank balance nursing) cycle tourists on a strict budget.
We caught the ferry into Auckland, arriving just after dusk, and what a great way to have your first sight of the city, with the highrises all lit up behind the shipping port.
Now we have four days in town, then we pick up the keys to a camper for a week so that we can get round to all those places in the far north of the country that we haven't have time to cycle to, before we fly over to complete the Australian leg of the journey.
Seemingly the only thing that isn't great, is that Den has taken an unprecidented lead in the mini game.... 76-73. Grrr,.....
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