Oct 14th

Oct 14th http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_6.html We left Whitianga on the Flexibus for the 3 hour drive to Tauranga. There we found a jazz bar near the beach and met another backpacker couple from Scotland. Barbara our hostess in Whitianga http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_6.html#0 6892d9ef-c342-4a8c-92b0-19632900ff09 http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_6_files/Media/IMG_1188.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.mac.com/wheadrick/Site/Wanderings/Pages/Day_6_files/Media/IMG_1188.jpg?derivative=micro

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