We woke up to more low cloud and rain.

We had great breakfast at Waihi Beach airfield. It was a good thing I wasn’t intending to get airborne! The café is really nice so we’re looking forward to flying in.

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On the way south we stopped at Tauranga to visit Peter and Jeanette (Noel’s uncle and aunt). They very kindly gave us lunch.

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They live near Mount Maunganui so we went to see it. I’ve seen it before but Noel hadn’t.

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For old time’s sake we visited Tauranga airfield, from where I set out with a friend, Pete, on a Vintage Moth Rally in 2004 during my first visit to NZ.

View of the runway, pretty similar to last time I was there!

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After leaving Tauranga we drove through Rotorua to Taupo. We stopped there and had a soak in the Hot Pools.

Yet again we couldn’t see the volcanoes to the south of Taupo.

This is the view of a hill near to Taupo on our drive to Napier.

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