We spent the morning on the beach building sand castles and swinging. Max even went swimming in the ocean! Then, in the afternoon Max, Chris and I took a ride north to a historic village called Warkworth. 
On the way we stopped to admire the forest views and found a trail leading through a Kapoi forest to Pohuehue Waterfall. It was a beautiful rainforest filled with Punga trees (which are the large fern trees that grow to over 20 meters!). We walked through a very wet (and sometimes dark) forest and came to a landing where we looked down at the waterfall below. The river seemed so quiet and just spilled down several large rocks forming the pool below. Max loves the Christian Slade books about Korgi (fantasy books with no words but very detailed drawings about mollies and their
corgis who rescue them from villains). He thought this forest looked just
like Corgi Hollow from these books. Later, we arrived in Warkworth and wandered around the shops and boardwalk that went along the river all the way to the ocean. 
There was a great playground next to the river and also a huge meadow that ran down the side of a hill. Max picked daisies from the field and we later ate tapas at a café. 
This area (along with Waiheke Island) is famous for its clean water and great weather for wine. We bought a special bottle of Mantanato wine to take back to Bri and Arran.
On the way we stopped to admire the forest views and found a trail leading through a Kapoi forest to Pohuehue Waterfall. It was a beautiful rainforest filled with Punga trees (which are the large fern trees that grow to over 20 meters!). We walked through a very wet (and sometimes dark) forest and came to a landing where we looked down at the waterfall below. The river seemed so quiet and just spilled down several large rocks forming the pool below. Max loves the Christian Slade books about Korgi (fantasy books with no words but very detailed drawings about mollies and their corgis who rescue them from villains). He thought this forest looked just
like Corgi Hollow from these books. Later, we arrived in Warkworth and wandered around the shops and boardwalk that went along the river all the way to the ocean. There was a great playground next to the river and also a huge meadow that ran down the side of a hill. Max picked daisies from the field and we later ate tapas at a café. 
This area (along with Waiheke Island) is famous for its clean water and great weather for wine. We bought a special bottle of Mantanato wine to take back to Bri and Arran.
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