Monday, November 14, 2011

Northland RT Day#5 - Muriwai Beach and the Gannet Bird Colony

We had to return the car today and only had about 130km’s back to auckland and headed south where we stopped at Muriwai Beach, which also had blackish sand. There was a little coastal walk we followed and came upon this amazing colony of Mullet birds. There were hundreds of these big birds all making nests on the rocks and flying into the wind zipping right by our heads! It was awesome! It was a great way to end a great road trip. We headed back into Auckland and when we arrived at Scotties there was nobody there to look at the car or give the key to. I couldn’t believe it, we wrote a note and put the key under the mat and took off. Places to go, people to see, you know! We checked into our hostels and went for a couple beers to celebrate a successful road trip and parted ways. 



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