Next stop... Gary Listers home in Mangawhai (North of Auckland). Gary and Sarah have a lovely home with a small vineyard way up on the hill overlooking Mangawhai, the water and Hen Island.
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| View of the ocean and Hen Island |
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| Their small person vineyard just below the house |
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| Gary talking to Rex on the phone |
Sarah took Trevor, Arian, Kim (couple from Holland also staying with Gary & Sarah) and I to view a couple of local sites that Airan & Kim had found in a guidebook.. Piroa Falls and the Waipu Caves.
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Piroa Falls. Trevor climbing right up to the falls
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The book instructed us to go into a tiny cave and wait for our eyes to adjust to the dark. Than proceed on into chamber 1, 2 and 3 to view all the glowworms. Going from chamber 1 to 2 was just a bit of climbing around and over rocks. Going from the 2nd to the 3rd was a bit more difficult as we had to duck down through a low passage while walking through the water. It was a bit scary and out of my comfort zone... specially since on the guided tours in Waitomo they had said there were eels in their cave waters so there was a chance there were also eels in these cave waters but it was well worth it as there were more glowworms within this cave than we had seen in the pricey tours from Waitomo and this was free.
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| Entering Waipu Cave |
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| Trevor ducking down and making his way through the water to get to the 3rd chamber of the cave. The water got to nearly waist deep so we used our flashlights to spot larger rocks and try to make our way from rock to rock. |
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| Arian & Kim used their expensive camera set on a slow shutter speed to capture the glowworms behind us and quickly flicked on and off a flashlight to spotlight us in the photo. Pretty cool! |
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| Cluster of glowworms above us |
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| Mangawhai Beach a short drive from Gary's house |
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