Mid Tour Break



Our "bach" at Kelly's Bay



Our great friends/families of Dargaville graciously arranged for us to have a mid-tour break at one of their vacation homes they refer to as a "bach" at Kelly's Bay. That is why there have been no posts from us over the weekend. It was a remote location about 50km from Dargaville with no inernet access. We had a fantastic time. Before leaving us they took the boat out and caught a cooler full of red snapper and cleaned them for us so we had fish to eat for the weekend. It was great! We smoked it, we grilled it, we fried it.....didn't seem like roughing it all that much! We met a few other weekenders who were more than happy to share the bounty of their gardens and so we also had fresh picked fejoas, lemons, herbs and even some borrowed sugar and cream so Darren could whip up a pav for dessert. There were hours of walking the beach and empty river bed when the tide was out, beautiful sunrises and sunsets and even some time on two borrowed kayaks. It was a much needed break from the agenda and now we are recharged and ready to round out our trip back in the Auckland area. Looks like the next ten days will be a whirlwind.