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| Taruanga Harbour |
A few clouds, 22 degrees, warm in
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| Maori carving, like the rugby haka |
the sun
Although today’s tour was an AM
one, it didn’t leave until 9:30, so I was able to get a walk in on the top
deck. The temperature while I was walking was brisk…
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| mission house bedroom surrounded by weapons |
maybe 14
degrees. I was for
the most part alone up there - peaceful!
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| another mission bedroom |
Our tour was initially including
a visit to a winery and a tasting – we new this had been pulled from the tour
(not sure why) but we decided to go anyway. We saw a good deal of the city and surrounding
towns, went to a lookout of Taruanga Harbour, and ended up at Elms Mission
House. The mission house is one of the oldest buildings in New Zealand,
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| mission building |
dating
back to the mid 1800s. This is where the fist Europeans from England arrived as
missionaries. We were broken into groups of about 8 and taken around the grounds
and gardens by a guide. This place was very much like a small-scale Heritage Park
from 30 years ago. Probably the most
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| New Zealand beer |
interesting part of the visit was the
gardens where the guide pointed out and described the many (some super huge)
trees on the property.
We were back in time for lunch on
the boat, a local beer at the pool, blogging on the deck (the weather was just
about perfect with just the right amount of shade), Chris listening to the Flames’
game, and a nap.
One thing we’ve noticed about New
Zealand is the lack of security. We
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| welcome to Tauranga! |
went into a museum yesterday with no bag
check, no metal detector…nothing. Back onto the boat and our ship cards and id
were checked, but no bag check or metal detector.
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