Some of the group went on a cliff walk while the rest of us went to church.

I am not sure why the last 2 photos are so 'grainy'. I downsized all the photos Denys took as they were so big they would have taken ages to put on here. I think these are the only 'grainy' ones.

This is the site of an old whaling settlement and German missionaries came here to live.

I did not get to this seal colony as I was lagging behind, and when I got to the beach I did not know which way the group had gone. At least I did not have to put up with the smell!

           A wrecked flying boat which the land owner is rebuilding - he hopes!

                                      A clearer picture of a dendroglyph.

         This is the lagoon beach where we first looked for fossil shark's teeth.

                     Statue of Tommy Solomon, the last full blooded Moriori.

                    The coastline after my camera got wet. Photo by Denys.

                                   The shelter is over the rock carvings.

                                                    Lunchtime

                                        Looking at paua in a rock pool.

                                          Dendroglyphs - tree carvings.

                                     Climbing back up from the beach.

                  Wetlands walk. I am the one in the middle, with the stick.

                                 Climbing back over the fence, with help.

                                    Looking for fossilized shark's teeth.

                                 This is where my camera got a dunking.

The next few photos were taken by Denys Marett during the day and a half that my camera was drying out.

                          Auckland airport somewhere near the tip of the wing.

I think this is the Hingaia River where it enters the Manukau Harbour near Karaka.

Another view of the Z shaped Wairoa Lake with just a tiny glimpse of the Mangatawhiri Lake.

My home territory. The house is probably just hidden by the nearest cloud. The two lakes are the Wairoa and Mangatawhiri water supply dams.

                                       Our side of the Firth of Thames.

    Looking up the Thames Coast with the Hauraki Plains in the foreground.

Possibly the Waihou River on the Hauraki Plains, flowing into the Firth of Thames.

                                         This is possibly Waihi Beach

The northern entrance to Tauranga Harbour, between Bowen Town Heads and Matakana Island.

                 Possibly Omokoroa poking up into the Tauranga Harbour.

                  Mt Maunganui guarding the entrance to Tauranga Harbour.