Day 70 - A Very Windy Afternoon in New Plymouth

We gave ourselves a little lie-in today as both Paul and Judy would be at work until 12:00. We did get up and set about organizing some of our south island stops, along with seeing if we’d be able to extend our stay in New Zealand by pushing a trip in America back by a week or two. We’d have to wait a day for a response though, so have continued with our travel plans using our shorter duration in NZ.

When Paul and Judy got back we had lunch and then headed up to New Plymouth where the weather was now sunny, though incredibly windy. Here we took a look around the museum – Puke Ariki and then had a walk along the waterfront, watching the Wind Wand they have here waving all over the place, and so doing its job really!

Mount Taranaki view on the way back from New Plymouth - Pretty cool ey!

Later we made our way back to the house where we had time to have a quick drink before walking into town for a meal at the local Indian restaurant. The food here was very nice and we just about managed to polish off all the dishes before heading back.

Back at the house we had a couple more drinks and lounged around until it was time for bed.