Whangarei = Fungaray… more beach bach fun in Waipu

Scott and I decided to roadtrip up to Northland to spend time at another family bach. Driving through New Zealand is absolutely beautiful, reminding me of Northern California until of course you noticed the prominence of ferns everywhere. I would not have been half surprised if a brontosaurus poked its head out!

Lucky for us Waipu Cove was pretty much empty of people because it is not the weekend… apart form a HUGE gaggle of Sea Scouts who were camping in the grounds right behind the bach. We joked that mealtimes were like feeding time at the zoo with all the kids running around, screaming. The beach was beautiful, literally a two-minute walk from the back porch. We bodysurfed and swam out past the breakers.  The water was a crystal clear turquoise.  Shells were everywhere so I had to watch out for my tooties!

We had agreed that this week would be about pure relaxation, so we stocked up on fruits and veggies for some fry-ups with eggs (and the most UH-mazing egg sandwich ever!!), some good Aussie wine (jeezus is it cheap and delicious), and some Whittaker’s dark chocolate (the one and only TRUE Kiwi chocolate brand… sorry but Cadbury’s is produced in Australia).

Scott’s grandma came around for the day on Tuesday, so we ate lunch together and then wandered down the campgrounds to get some ice cream at Tip Tops (yay NZ ice cream!). We ordered two single scoops of boysenberry and one single scoop of rum raisin… deeelightful!

Each evening we finished out sitting on the evening porch with some wine, cheese, and chocolate. Relaxing INDEED!

Photos [from top]: Beach at Waipu Cove, Ocean Beach at the Whangarei Heads at Sunset (middle two), view from Scott's uncle's balcony