On Thursday morning the team said goodbye to our hosts from the Takapuna Rotary Club and met our next hosts from the Henderson Rotary Club for morning tea at Cafe Melba in Takapuna. After that we were whisked away towards West Auckland and visited the Arataki Waitakere Ranges Visitor Center which was breathtakingly beautiful (we hope we didn't spoil the view by jumping into the frame ourselves!). There were some intermittent showers while we were there and at one point a rainbow appeared about 100 meters below us as we looked down into the valley! After a fantastic lunch in a small restaurant with a great view of downtown Auckland off in the distance most of the team driven to the beach at Piha. Bart Delfos and Roger Laloli who were driving us indicated that it was "safe" to go swimming but only Darren had his "togs" at the time so it was up to him to test the waters of the Tasman Sea in a solo fashion. He managed to get in a couple of pretty wicked body surfing attempts on some pretty gnarly 6 to 10 foot rollers that were coming in. Thursday night the team attended the Henderson club's meeting (which with the attendance of several other clubs resulted in an attendance of close to 100) for a great evening of Rotary fellowship!
The Team gets "framed" at the Arataki Visitor Centre
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Piha Beach--Amazingly beautiful |
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