Headed west from Papmoa Beach to the port city of Tauranga where we had breakfast at the Mediterraneo Café.
Spent the afternoon at the Waimarino Adventure Park on the Wairoa River. Purchase of a pass gets you access to all the kayaking, pedal boating, wall climbing, rope swinging, and obstacle coursing you can do in one day. Waimarino took every clever summer camp activity and put them together on the eastern bank of the Wairoa River. A local rugby team stretched out the amazing Blob. Watch what happens when your buddies team up and jump on the far end.
That night, Waimarino took us on an adventure glow-worm paddle on the McLaren Lake. Glow-worms are the larval stage of the fungus fly. They phosphoresce to attract prey and mates in the damp, dark caves and dells where they dwell. We watched the sun set on Lake McLaren while munching on cheese and crackers and swilling Marlborough-region wine. Twilight gave way to a clear, starry night. I can’t remember the last time I saw the Milky Way so bright. After paddling for about an hour, we reached a dark canyon so speckled with glow-worms it was hard to tell sky from canyon wall from water that reflected both.
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