Whangarei and Waiheke

I had a date to present at a science conference in Whangarei, and we decided the best way to get there would be to fly to Auckland a hire a car from there.

Once my presentation was done (which I won the award of best student presentation for, yay for me!) we decided to head back to Auckland early, due partly to the fact we were flying out from there the next day, and partly because the hotel room we'd booked turned out to not be a friend of the gays!

This meant we got to check out this cool waterfall on the drive back though
And also go to Waiheke Island the next day!
It was my first time there and I wasn't disappointed - I just wish I had my togs, snorkel and underwater camera... Well I have to blame some of that disorganisation on myself but it was a last minute idea to go so never mind
We spent most of the time at Onetangi Bay
First Pohutukawa flowers of the year (that I've seen)

View from Auckland from the boat on the way home

It's been a busy week but at least we're home for a while - oh - wait, we're off to Nelson on the weekend!

BTW Nick can be credited for most of these pictures :)