The remote East Cape beckoned, and along with the nicest sunny weather for a few days, and some lush green hillocks, the drive was a pleasant one. The countryside is littered with hills with what appear to be steps carved into the side, too small to be terraces for growing plants, too uniform to be sheep paths, and too abundant to be created by man. Google and Wikipedia have not answered our questions, so if anyone out there knows what they are for, let us know!
Tolaga Bay gave us the rare treat of the longest concrete pier in the southern hemisphere, which is being eroded away from the inside as the sand used for the concrete was from a beach so the salt is eating away at the steel supports.
We made it to East Cape, the most Easterly point in New Zealand, and according to the GPS only 1.5 degrees from the western hemisphere, so this is pretty much as far as we can get from home, I reckon if you drilled straight down you’d hit France on the other side. The campsite was probably the most easterly campsite in the world. Also onsite was the most easterly chippy (in the world, according to me as it makes it more interesting), which we made full use of, as if we needed any excuse.