Day 22. Friday 28th November 2003
Whitianga - Auckland

Drove the scenic route from Whitianga to Auckland outskirts. Stopped off at a couple of places on the way, found a nice little arts and crafts place in Coromandel town itself where we bought a couple of pressies. Took quite a long time to get into Auckland and find a campsite.

Decided to go for a last dinner somewhere nice but the district was a bit of a let down, quite rough looking, a lot of fast food and not much else. Eventually settled for Kentucky Fried Chicken and promised ourselves we'd go for a nice dinner when we got home. Campsite was OK, small and probably a picking up/dropping off for Auckland kind of place.

Have to say very disappointed with Auckland, but to be fair we were in a suburb and didn't really get to see the city. Would like to go back sometime.