On the way into the Northland we have stocked up in Kaiwaka leckerstem with cheese, unfortunately a bit expensive at $ 120, -/kg. For dinner we had a cheese plate in the Little Earth Lodge in Whangarei. The LEL is a stylish and newly refurbished hostel in beautiful surroundings with explorable caves on foot outside the door. The hostel is also active dog to use as "Caveguide, only here he seems to have suspected The caves are full of water. Above the caves, it was also quite nice: there is the aptly called Rock Forest.
Stone Forest Near Whangarei, we have made a Walk, a Kauri forest led to the "most FotoGenic" declared waterfall.
So we hang the waterfall pictures and tired, from now 's rainbows!
went from here `s on to Paihia, where we chartered a sailboat to explore the Bay of Islands. In summer the place is totally crowded, now in the winter, nothing's wrong, even though the temperatures were still quite summery and suitable for swimming (German equivalent: December 6).
we start with a twist: white rainbow on calm sea. 
Our ship, the Honfleur, the Mark schwommte his rounds. 
A large group of dolphins joined to our boat and came very close. the sailing trip ended in Russell. This is the first city in New Zealand, then decried as an absolute hell hole, pirates nest and refuge for all sorts of broken lives.
The pier by Russell today. Russell, accordingly, the hotel is home to the most ancient pubs permission (No. 1), where we took a bite us and inadvertently included in the French club were. Of Roland Club meets every Thursday in front of the fireplace, so exactly where we were two clueless and suddenly were kindly welcomed in French. One of the ladies had even studied in Mainz and lived for a while.
We went through the supposedly world's best Fish & Chips Shop in Mangonui (actually quite good) and the 90 Mile Beach (actually rather 88km) to Cape Reinga. The beach is part of the official road network of New Zealand, but with caution, many backpackers here involuntarily takes leave of his car. Every now and then dip it then as a rusty old memories again.
We have trusted us with nice 3D clouds :-) 
The Lighthouse 
In the middle you see the coming together of the seas. Stayed we have at the Italian Soccer Guy! Which carries the beautiful Kahoe Farm Hostel and bakes the best pizza on request, make pasta, is a total Fußballnarr owns and reasonably intelligent-looking pigs. He will host the annual first football game in the world and offers good soccer playing backpackers free room and board, if they play for a while in his team.
Love from Ruby. We do after the visit to the region and by application only visitable, but recommended whale museum again in the south. The route takes us now on the other side of the Northlands down to Hokianga Harbour, where Christine takes up her first trip with the car on a ferry.
all a little small for our car, which is itself a ship. Unfortunately, there is the San Marco Hostel in Opononi not known, the former hosts are still visiting and be happy if the memory is hazy. We stay in Omapere and break the next day with the ferry to the huge sand dune to sand boarding on and explore.
Krasses sand tobogganing! 
After a long walk finally arrived on the dune. 
Stapfing to the top ... afternoon it goes into the Kauri forest. The giant trees are very impressive. The largest living Kauribaum is about 2000 years old and after the Maori god Tane Mahuta named. Tane Mahuta is one of the children of Rangi and Papa (Heaven and Earth), which were wrapped tightly up their children in the dark until Tane pushed them apart and thus created the modern world. Tane is about 52m is not the tallest tree in the world but because of the special form of the kauri trees certainly one of the most impressive. It is said that another local leader, but know more secret Kauri. Something
further away is the zweitgößte Kauribaum (Father of the Forest), which because of its larger size (16.5 m) is even more impressive. In its vicinity are the Four Sisters, four kauri trees, which stand together very closely. After their visit we had to hurry and have just escaped the storm yet.
Good old Tane! On the way back we visited another Kauri Museum in Matakohe. A Must-See! Here you can see how big some of the cowries were felled. In contrast, takes Tane from quite small.
The second black ring corresponds to the root of Tane. Complete kauri logging history is more than clear and sometimes presented very loving. One can almost touch everything, and much is reproduced with models or in real and moving. Wood panels of all possible species that pass through the entire museum, at least for those interested is a real highlight. And who wants to can take for $ 10 a small kauri. In only about 2000 years ago is likely to impress the descendants then. In Mark age a Kauri looks like this:
Both born in 1979! The last stop, almost back in Auckland, leads us to Piha - a more than famous surfing beach with the Lions Rock. The waves are powerful and very dangerous act. In the Piha Rescue own reality TV show that is being filmed on the beach, we can not play, unfortunately, we had to throw into the water and save to make. On this beach there is the most deadly accidents in New Zealand.
is now clear where the name comes Lions Rock, right? This is the end of last summer impression we could enjoy again, and we are moving back towards the south and it is much colder.
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