Wednesday was a big driving day for us - about six hours not including stops - because we had decided to head to the very north of New Zealand for the last three days of our holiday. We facilitated this by setting off reasonably early and breaking the journey a couple of times for coffee and lunch. Our coffee stop was at the amusingly named Buggers Café. Our route then took us right through Auckland and over the bridge to the north. We had a leisurely stop for lunch at the Brick Bay Winery Restaurant at Snells Brach. It was in a beautiful glass building overlooking a small lake. The lunch was delicious and the others also did a wine tasting. After this relaxing break I did the next bit of driving towards Russell. There was a wee ferry crossing just before we arrived at the seaside village. Our apartment is absolutely gorgeous; it's above the Gables restaurant right on the front and is very spacious on two levels with French windows leading out to a balcony overlooking the beach. Jamie ordered in Thai food for dinner and we watched The Hobbit. It was so exciting to see Hobbiton on screen just as we saw it a few days ago!
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