Ferry back to Paihia
Yesterday we took the ferry from Paihia to Russell. Parked at Pahia and the car park had a friendly Maori warden who told us $2 would be enough for parking, if we got back late it wouldn't matter. Walking past the historic Williams house a caretaker was picking figs off a big old tree and gave me some. Over in Russell our mission was to visit Pompallier Mission and we got there just in time for a tour. Now we know all about tanning leather and printing books, sewing them up etc. It was very interesting and much better than just looking at the objects as you would without a guide. The gardens were established in the 1880s and the whole setting was lovely. Shame to leave Russell but we did have to get back to the bus and return to Whangarei.
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