Took the "Awesome Adventures" tour bus up to Cape Reinga. Our bus was driven by Auto, by far the coarsest New Zealander I have ever met. He was awesomely funny.
We made a brief breakfast stop then went onto Ninety Mile Beach (which is only 64 miles long) and drove down it stopping occasionally to see the fish and shells that had been washed up... although we didn't stop too long since the sand is of a certain density that the bus would just sink if we did. We stopped briefly at an outcrop of land called the Bluff which was covered with shells.
A little way up the beach we pulled off and headed to the steep dunes to do some sandboarding. Basically you get a boogie board and throw yourself down a sand dune on it. Quite a rush.
We headed to a bay of unrememberable name where a couple of us decided to take a brief dip in the water.
Cape Reinga was next on the agenda where we took in the awesome sights and seen the meeting of the two seas.
Then it was time for fish and chips followed by a stop at a fruit stand.
Met up with Katy and my new room-mate, Laura for a quick dip in the hot-tub (becoming a bit of a trend really) and then onto the bar to watch the All blacks Vs South Africa game. Fairly got into it since the bar was pretty electric with the atmosphere.
