Took the ferry back to Auckland and met Wendy, my local representative. She gave me a lift to budget for my rental car. O BOY. Here we go, wrong side driving via trial by fire. All in all no too bad. Some of the roads were rather challenging. Winding, twisting, climbing, falling 2 lane roads. I managed.

Arrived Bay of Islands Lodge, Port Opua. OMG what a view. More tomorrow