A fantastic fog over the lake this morning. When we came out of the clouds the view was great.

In Takaka for breakfast. We found the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I also found a book or two at the local op shop.

Germie and I went off on an adventure. We didn’t get to our destination but here at Farewell Spit we found an awesome Pilot Whale skull dug into the sand. We ended up spending an hour getting it out. We really wanted some teeth. A little bit sad about no teeth but it was still like digging for treasure. It still had some flubber attached so it was pretty smelly and we needed to swim it off.

We made our way back to Takaka and went swimming in the river there. Then we had a late lunch at the local chippy. It was so large we couldn’t have dinner.

Te Waikoropupu Springs for the last afternoon adventure. There was a very tame paradise duck which absolutely made my day. The springs are fantastic, the water is absolutely incredible.

We parked up next to the Takaka River for the night.