Labour Weekend 2

We had a very peaceful night and it was lovely to wake to the birds chorus and the sun trying to come over the hill - this time of the year it seems to be about 8.30am before the section is filled with rays but once we've got it we've got it for the whole day.

Prime position overlooking Ohiwa harbour

Recently they have allowed 5 motorhomes to park overnight for 2 nights at the Ohope Reserve right down the end of Harbour road on the edge of the harbour so this was our destination on Saturday, hoping that there weren't already 5 there. No need to worry as we were the first - just quite a lot of cars and boat trailers as it was another nice sunny day although quite windy and difficult to find shelter. We easily found a nice spot to park right on the harbour's edge and Len immediately set off down towards the estuary entrance, about a 15 minute walk, to do a spot of fishing. After completing a few chores I joined him with my Listener magazine and towel, enjoying the sun and shelter from the wind as lots of little fish kept nibbling Len's bait away until there was no longer any more to put on his hooks. On getting back to the bus we found we had been joined, much further down the park by 2 other motorhomes with a caravan also arriving towards evening. Obviously not many people know about this park yet as it is so new and not in our Motorhome directory yet. Over summer I'm sure there will be hot competition for the 5 spaces!

Ohiwa Harbour entrance & Ohope as a backdrop!

Sunday we drove around the harbour to Ohiwa where we did the circular walk starting from the motor camp and going up and around the hill giving spectacular views out to White Island, Whale Island and Ohope although it was a little hazy. We suspect that might be because of the smoke coming over the Tasman Sea from the vast bushfires raging inland from Sydney at the moment.


We could also have walked down into Bryans Bay, probably an even better walk, but that will be for next time now!
The plan then was to try some more fishing on that side of the harbour but the wind made conditions rather unpleasant so instead we headed back to Ohope where we enjoyed catching up with our friends, Rachael and Antoine, who are just about to move into their lovely new house close to the beach.