Goodbye, Wairoa

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 1, we leave Wairoa. We have one week off before Mark starts work again in Whangamata (fahng-a-ma-TA) on the Coromandel Peninsula. Thought I would leave you with a few pictures from our time here.  Since bike riding was nearly a daily treat for me, I'll start with a few pics from my usual route.

Bike path heading out from downtown Wairoa.

Estuary with its gulls, herons, oyster catchers…..

End of the bike path with views of the Pacific Ocean just beyond the ever changing sand bar and my trusty bike, of course.

Wairoa’s salvaged “only inland” lighthouse.

An amaryllis in our yard--they grow everywhere here, even naturalized in fields.

The hospital and surgery (practice) where Mark worked, just an 8 minute walk from our house.

Goodbye also to all the tidy, single-story houses of Wairoa with their sheer or lacey curtains in every window (this one is from the side door at our house).