Whangarei in the Rain

We spent almost a week in Whangarei at the Whangarei Falls Motor Camp. Quite a nice place, cheap rooms and a comfy tv room. We got ourselves a room on arrival since it was raining (surprise!) and it was supposed to rain more the next day and night. We figured we'd move out to the car again once the weather dried out. While we had the room, we took the time to empty it out, give it a scrub, and renew the WOF (warrant of fitness) which expired at the end of the week.

It never stopped raining. The Metservice forecast kept telling us it would be things like "partly cloudy" or "chance shower", but it rained constantly all week. Not a strong rain, but the misty drip kind of rain with clouds only a handful of meters off the ground. We had planned to visit the Whangarei Heads for the views of the mountain spit and the ocean/harbor, but with the low fog-clouds and rain we never got to go. We did spend a lot of time on the trail from Whangarei Falls (a block or so from the camp) that leads down into town along the river, passing the falls of course and then through a kauri park. We walked along the trail most days (with Hil doing some trail running), even in the rain, and were glad for our room at the end of the day.

Whangarei itself was a nice town as well. We hung out there while the car was being checked over, and went into town a few times when we got sick of sitting in the room in the rain. We went to the rose garden and adjacent fernery and explored several of the local art shops for the last of the souvenir gifts.  We also spent a lot of time drinking "flat white" coffees in a couple of coffee shops downtown while it, you guessed it, rained outside the window.

And that was pretty much it for the second trip to Northland: rain, rain, and more rain. Back to Auckland to sell the car...