The Road Trip - Day 2

The 2nd of March and we left Lake Taupo at 8.30am to continue with our road trip.  But first we went for breakfast at The Coffee Club in Taupo.

And then we were on our way.  We followed route 1 (Desert Road) to Taihape where we stopped at the Brown Sugar Cafe for coffee and cake and then it was wool buying time.  So it was off to Utiku for the specialist shop.

Bib was very restrained !!!

Then we were heading north to Waiouru and then onto Ohakune where they are known for their carrot production.

Just after this photo was taken Tulip decided to go for a swim .......

(Sorry folks but I've got to intervene here, "Stop bickering you two, Tulip let's hear what you've to to say").

I didn't just decide to go for a swim, I was pushed ... you know you did it Rattie and I got all wet - I wasn't a happy panda I can tell you.

I didn't push anyone *sniggers.

(Stop it, Rattie get on with the story).

Ok, well here's another photo at Ohakune.

Once we had finished taking photos, we carried on north towards the Chateau.

This is where we're staying, so we booked in, booked our table for our evening meal and then went for a walk to see the Taranaki Falls.  It was supposed to take an hour to walk there, but took us longer because we were looking at the scenery.

And here we are looking at the Falls and here you can see how large they are compared to the people on the left of the photo.

And then we had to get back to The Chateau quickly for our dinner reservation.
The meal was lovely so we were told (they don't like animals in their restaurant, both Tulip and I were most put out), so they decided to get a second dessert sent to our room.  Mmm tasty.