Dargaville to Kellys Bay

Saturday it was time to move on so into Dargaville we went - I couldn't remember it from our last visit until we got there and then the memories of the very wide dirty brown river all came back! However Saturday morning had a vibrancy about it with the streets and the supermarket being busy. The most exciting thing is that we now have a $31 fish smoker with no bells or whistles from the Warehouse so we are ready for all Len's future kahawai!

Glinks Gully

From Dargaville we have taken the road south towards Kaipara Heads, stopping for a bus coffee at Glinks Gully where there is a line of holiday houses along the beach, one of which is a POP but it was closed up and we weren't wanting to stay anyway. The few people about were really friendly though and I'm sure it would have been no problem to stay although there is a camp ground up the road.

T by the sea, Debussy in de background!

Kellys Bay, on the east side of the Peninsula was our destination for a stay of 2 nights. What a beautiful spot with the camp ground being virtually right on the waters edge with just the very quiet road between us and the water. There are 30-40 mainly holiday homes with 2 permanent resident couples in the campground, one couple having lived here for 4 years. If you haven't got enough to do I think you must go nuts after that time if the white bearded and long haired camp manager who lives up the road is anything to go by. He rides his bike furiously up and down, up and down the little short flat bay road morning noon and night. He did 20km this morning and was out again after lunch - reminds us of a pet mouse in a cage with a ferris wheel! But, on the other hand, good on him as he is keeping fit and that's important.

The village "pet mouse"

On the fishing side, our smoker is still pristine as Len hasn't been able to catch anything either yesterday or today. Time to move down to the Heads at Pouto Point tomorrow!