Day 9 - Continued - Thursday 15th June - Rawene & Waione Road

 Day 9- Continued - Thursday 15th June - Rawene and Waione Road

Rawene

From there we drove out to Rawene and the Ferry landing. 

We had a little while to wait for the ferry to leave so we had a walk around the village.

Soon we could see the ferry coming in:-

At 1:00pm, the ferry loaded up with foot passengers and vehicles for the 20 minute trip to the other side. Pania of the Ferry 

... gave us a concession ticket for 10 trips for $5 that enabled all four of us to travel there and back using up eight trips and two left over. Normally it would cost us $2 a person each way, which would have amounted to $16.

On the way out we could see an impressive mural of Kupe and a ship on one of the buildings:-

... and a great view of the upper end of The Hokianga Harbour

Waione Road

On the way back to Opononi, we took a detour up the Koutu Loop Road to find some friends of Patty & Tom’s. It was a metal and dirt road and after some asking around from two old ladies who lived there we eventually found Cedric Nissen at 71 Waione Road. We were welcomed a by a pair of barking dogs and a flock of hens. Cedric invited us in. Patty and Tom were able to have a good chat about Little Waihi where they had all holidayed on occasions.

Once we were back at Opononi, we had dinner at the Opononi Hotel where there was a lovely fire and a cosy atmosphere. All in all a great day!