March 14th
Up to Dargaville and Balys Beach
We left Auckland in our monster rental car and started up north to meet with Annita’s half-brother and his family. We stopped in a little town called Puhoi and went to their cheese shop. Further up the road we stopped at the Kauri Museum, which was amazing. We finally arrived in Dargaville and then went on out to Balys Beach to stay in a “batch” (summer house) on the beach.