Day 10 Tauranga and Mount Maunganui

We stayed 2 nights in Rotarua and departed the next day for Tauranga - on the coast - one of the bigger harbours in NZ - after Auckland . . . below you can see that the harbour is within a natural inlet - on one side is the beach which end with Mount Manganui - water on the other side - this is actually a narow strip of land is Marina and where the harbour is situated
Marck at dinner
There was a Santa parade with antique cars - the Carmen Ghia - above - car in front - was the first car I ever owned in Cape Town - bought it for R300 (£30) and I think sold it for about R50 £5
other cars in parade
The one thing I actually couldn't get enough of were the houses - every house was different - coming from the UK - what a breath of fresh air - reminded me a lot of South Africa
Mount Maunganui - Marina side
start of the harbour

Different view of Marina area - taken from main road in Tauranga - railway bridge in the background

James and Carole
Mount Maunganui sea side beach . . .