Paihia - Saturday

This morning we went to an open home - just out of curiosity really. There are two houses in the sale and an orchid growing business.

We’ve had the building inspection report back from the house we’ve put an offer on and there are a couple of issues that need resolving before we go ahead with the purchase. We’re waiting for a builder to give us a quote for the work before we decide what to do.

The morning was really cloudy. We had a big thunder storm on Friday night with really heavy rain. We thought we’d drive down to Paihia after lunch to see if the weather was any better there.

Paihia is more of a tourist place about 20 minutes drive south from Kerikeri. As we walked along the beach the sun came out and most of the clouds disappeared.

We walked along the beach and over the rocks to the next sandy part of the beach. There were a few kayaks paddling along the coast and the jet boat (called the Excitor) was heading out to “The Hole in The Rock”. On the walk back there were quite a few people on the beach – all looking up to the sky for something. We eventually saw a small plane and then some skydivers jumping out! They landed on a very small stretch of the beach right in front of us.

Sunset from our deck