We have been in New Zealand now for the best part of two months and for almost all of that time we have had the reassuring view of Cat in her crib behind us. But like they say, all good things must come to an end and today we waved farewell to Cat and our convoy was down to one. 🙁
By now we have pretty much seen all there is to be seen in this country so we were really struggling to find some unexplored wee nook somewhere. After much searching of the map and guidebook we found such a corner just to the west of Auckland. We headed to Muriwai beach first to check out their gannet colony. Unfortunately most of the gannets have flown off and left New Zealand for the warmer shores of Australia (must be the time for leaving New Zealand!) However we did spot a couple swooping around so all was not lost.