More from Whitianga

This the old stamper battery that was used in the Moewai gold mine in 1908.

Then inside the museum we stepped into the 18th century and spent a wonderful hour remembering what we’d learnt in school about Captain Cook. This is his map of the area, didn’t do too bad did he?

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These two paintings depict the wrecking of the H.M.S Buffalo there in 1840 while collecting Kauri trees which were used for the ship’s spars, the beach was named after her.

An old butter churn that could churn out 200 gallons of butter in 1½ hrs.

And so that was our visit to Whitianga. On the way home I spied this beautiful sight and shouted stop! Luckily we were the only ones on the road at the time. Somewhere near Hikuai.

And no this isn’t the road we were on, NZ roads are slightly better, this is the farmer’s driveway.

Next time – the day of the Roses…..