After a hearty breakfast and much fun at our amazing B&B it was time to farewell our hosts. They were an absolute delight. The dog, the alpacas, doves, lifestyle and orchard are just gorgeous. They have a perfect lifestyle with views to match. Could have stayed a bit longer in these peaceful surrounds, but fear Terry would have turned into Farmer Brown.
Then we only drove 30 minutes and found a great little location to look at beautifully made wool garment, art works and the best quilt shop I have seen for a long time. (thanks Barbara 😉 I did buy something gorgeous wool items, but in a rug, scarf, hat and glove combo out of beautiful mohair!)
We continued onwards through a large country town Bethlehem , skirted through Tauranga, Te Puke and found our lovely hotel at Okawa Bay – Lake Rotoiti. Amora Lakes Resort is situated right on this lake with lovely surrounds. Managed to have us upgraded from the garden room to the lakeside suite. We are sitting outside our room with a large lawn, lovely trees watching the feathered bird life. Geese, ducks, sea gulls, herons, moor hens, swans, Tui, the usual LBBs ie starlings, sparrows and one huge annoying fly. It is very peaceful here and only 15 minutes into Rotorua. Nice place to have Terry’s 70th birthday tomorrow.
We will head into town shortly to see what Rotorua has to offer and have our evening meal there. Cannot believe that I have gone back to do floral photography. Well when you cannot pull over to capture all those magical sceneries, it is time to hit the macro and give it a rev at the lovely abodes we are staying at.
This is such a great blog Ingrid. I feel like I am “armchair travelling” around New Zealand with you both.