Marilyn & Alf relaxing, Matai Bay, Doubtless Bay, NZ

The Pacific Ocean viewed from Cape Reinga Lighthouse, northerly tip of NZ

Distances from Cape Reinga Lighthouse, northern tip of NZ

Whirlpools mark where dark blue of Pacific meets light green of Tasman Sea Cape Reinga NZ

Cape Reigna NZ Meeting Point of Oceans and one of Maori people’s most holy sites

Cape Reinga Lighthouse most northerly tip of NZ

Seabird having lunch, ignoring us on Matui Bay, NZ

Matui Bay, ours for two hours then we met a couple from Essex, UK who took some photos of us

Stunning hill-top view of Mangonui, Doubtless Bay, NZ

After ‘Six splendid days relaxing at the Bay of Islands‘, we took the delightful coastal route north for an hour and a half to Doubtless Bay, another area of outstanding natural beauty, with its huge rocks and small uninhabited islands…