Hawke's Bay

Our next stop was Hawke's Bay, which is on the east coast and is full of wineries! First place we visited was Napier which calls itself the art deco capital of the world (pic), due to the town being crushed in an earthquake and pretty much totally rebuilt in the 1930's.

We went on a tour of Napier Prison (Robyn's idea) which only closed down in 1993. It was pretty interesting and a little bit creepy, seeing things like the hanging yard and death row (and a cat with a moustache called Basil).

Day after that we went to a winery (again Robyn's plans) and did a little bit of tasting followed by a hefty purchase of what I'm told is very nice wine. I also bought some beer that day, but this is far less interesting. We also tried to have a run on the beach again, but as it was a pebbled beach we nearly sank and looked like Phoebe from Friends running along, not much fun.

20km down the road was Hastings, where we stayed at a rival brand holiday park to where we normally stay, and it was alright. Not much to do in Hastings 'city centre' which was about as big as Otley - not as big as the H-U-D Tony ;)

Tomorrow we're catching up with a rugby mate of mine and staying at his parents farm, therefore we'll be riding pigs and chasing sheep or whatever they do out in the sticks!