Port Albert to Paihia

Port Albert was a pleasant place to spend the evening, and we knew the drive the next day wasn't going to be too long, so we didn't get around to leaving until about 11am. We drove fairly steadily to Kawakawa where we stopped to inspect the Hundertwasser toilets and had an early dinner at the local pub. We were a bit concerned about where we would stay the night, but just as we were getting a bit stressed about it, we got a phone call returned about a lovely farmlet where we could stay in Kawakawa, and then the RV park near Paihia returned our call also. So we stayed the night in Kawakawa in a beautiful rural setting. We had a tour of the farm and saw tame hens, calves, pony, and pig. Friday dawned warm but drizzly, and we had a short but quite windy (twisty, not blowy. Crazy english.) drive to Paihia and the Bay of Islands.