Oct 9th

Oct 9th http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html We landed at 6:15 am in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. Most international flights arrive and depart from here. It’s similar to Seattle. We then caught a regional flight north to the town of Kerikeri, where our journey begins in the Bay of Islands, founded during an expedition in 1769, by the Great Cornholio. Kiwis drive (and walk) on the left http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#0 7b118359-a927-4eba-915a-2ed9879db30d http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0851.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0851.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Kiwis drive (and walk) on the left</p></div></div> Welcome http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#1 002732f0-6069-4921-8fdb-5a9397ccd594 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0854.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0854.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Welcome</p></div></div> We’ve already “tramped” 222 ft., beer? http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#2 9bbe3ab0-88b3-4521-984b-83976a8a9060 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0853.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0853.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"> We’ve already “tramped” 222 ft., beer?</p></div></div> Bamboo grows here naturally http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#3 365830b8-ef7f-4307-af35-c74b06466ca1 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0857.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0857.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Bamboo grows here naturally</p></div></div> Did I tell you Bamboo grows here naturally? http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#4 d336e9b3-a9dc-44fe-b53b-eac0a73f2d8e http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0864.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0864.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Did I tell you Bamboo grows here naturally?</p></div></div> First of many vineyards http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#5 f6b78a20-edd5-4e43-9778-88b40cdd7584 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0858.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0858.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">First of many vineyards</p></div></div> Do they board cats or serve them? http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#6 9930546e-c312-4bf8-aad6-8568b373d772 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0860.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0860.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Do they board cats or serve them?</p></div></div> Lovely Ms. Elin http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#7 71e647fa-4c36-4701-b06a-c070cb725bae http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0861.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0861.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lovely Ms. Elin</p></div></div> Vines of Kiwi fruit, but haven’t tasted one yet http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#8 405fff23-d459-4ad6-8c61-bcb9acb27e22 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0862.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0862.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Vines of Kiwi fruit, but haven’t tasted one yet</p></div></div> The natural flora here would put a landscaper out of Business http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#9 53aaee40-0cc0-4f34-bed5-d2505f6e64a7 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0866.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0866.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The natural flora here would put a landscaper out of Business</p></div></div> The Kauri is a huge tree, more on that later http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#10 d23b4b0a-c62a-4188-90c8-392c90a11570 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0865.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0865.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Kauri is a huge tree, more on that later</p></div></div> Wildflowers http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#11 8fc25fc9-cb01-48ba-b558-90381874cbac http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0868.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0868.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wildflowers</p></div></div> Backpacks hurt already. The local shopkeeper gave us an idea... http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#12 3adebaea-c5b7-4757-8c80-112118a9df84 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0872.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0872.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Backpacks hurt already. The local shopkeeper gave us an idea...</p></div></div> then had us spend the night with his family http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#13 c47e9dfc-e26d-46f3-82d1-d948c297f2ca http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0915.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0915.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">then had us spend the night with his family</p></div></div> We ate fruit from eleven acres of orchards (still not a kiwi)... http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#14 a79b326a-e737-4bc9-ad86-403360f0d0ed http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0919.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0919.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We ate fruit from eleven acres of orchards (still not a kiwi)...</p></div></div> and drank all his beer. http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#15 d674843c-e72c-4f29-9317-81b0cd11949a http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0921.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0921.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and drank all his beer.</p></div></div> Kauri wood on a native Maori reservation (my sister’s name is Kaurie Wood) http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#16 88d37c6a-3170-49d2-82e0-82b4448b4241 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0922.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0922.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Kauri wood on a native Maori reservation (my sister’s name is Kaurie Wood)</p></div></div> A local Kiwi and his wife goin’ to catch dinner http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#17 9a71e4c8-3f87-40e9-98b9-93352887ddde http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0934.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0934.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">A local Kiwi and his wife goin’ to catch dinner</p></div></div> Elin with Graeme & Jo’s daughter Rebecca http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#18 3d27a044-0149-475e-b53b-b49a83418c60 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0878.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0878.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Koru is NZ’s fern and is a Kiwi symbol (aka Alaska’s Fiddlehead)</p></div></div> Agathis Astralis (Kauri) largest tree in NZ at over 150 ft. http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#23 95d07699-bf68-48b1-9b77-9e1a7a5bfd44 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0889.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0889.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Agathis Astralis (Kauri) largest tree in NZ at over 150 ft.</p></div></div> Kauri stands can be thousands of years old http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#24 e6532f28-ee7c-44b8-8b32-9b3fe82041ac http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0891.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0891.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_540_16"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Kauri stands can be thousands of years old</p></div></div> with bark like concrete http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1.html#25 faa148c8-7291-4329-b29b-375c6f3a8bc0 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0898.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_1_files/Media/IMG_0898.jpg?derivative=micro

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