Wednesday, November 15, 2006
North bound over the cook straight

Yesterday I got the ferry over to the north island. The winds where up and i expected a rough crossing however no problem. It was very gusty from wellington especialy over the hills i even say another camper on its side. I found out from the radio that in Hanmer Springs they had trees up routed and one man killed by a falling tree, the worst winds in 25 years according to locals. I got to Napier at about 22:00, but could not find a camp site so I parked up along the road by the beach on the outskirts of the town centre.