Hawkes Bay and Napier

This is our last stop in the North Island - where has the time gone?  We are staying just outside Napier and arrived in the pouring rain.  Today the weather has changed again and it has been hot and sunny.   We started the day in the town of  Hastings which is another Art Deco town although not so much as Napier.  We then drove up a very scary road to Te Mata Peak from which there are fantastic views all round Hawkes Bay.  Spent the afternoon on Ocean Beach enjoying the sun and surf before taking the scenic route home past some of the many vineyards in the area.

Hastings Town

One of the many sculptures in Hastings

Opera House Hastings

David has gone native - note the Maori eyes!

Greek Orthodox Church Hastings

Water sculpture in Hastings

View from Te Mata Peak

Anzac Lone Pine - planted on Te Matga as a living memorial to men who died at Gallipoli

Ocean Beach