Back on the road, but aboard a much smaller magic bus for a extra trip to the Coromandel peninsula (getting nearer to Auckland again). We stopped off at Cathedral Cove on the way, before arriving in the very small beach town of Whitianga for the night. Then it was back to Auckland for one night before on to magic bus to the bay of Islands. We stopped off that morning to see "Tane Mahuta", the "God of the Forest" Kauri tree - a prehistoric-looking famous 200o year old tree, part of the Kauri Kingdom of trees in the Waipoua forest. A type of thick trunk-ed tree that grows in only a few places in the world -one of which is the north of New Zealand! With trunks widths up to 13 metres and 17 metres in trunk height, Kauri trees are perfect for hugging! 
A stop in Opononi Bay to see a 50year old video of the region's famous friendly dolphin, "opo" before we arrived in Paihia -The Bay of Islands and into a fantastic little hostel where we had a dorm room all to our selves! Bless the winter season!
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