It's Monday, 23rd October and Sheila and Rosemary got under way for their Bay of Islands tour at 6.30 this morning. The rain has been hammering down here pretty much since they left but here's hoping it is better than this up North. We've just been down to the Belgium beer establishment on the corner of Tamaki Drive for an espresso and a walk in the rain where we watched some Maori lads and their girl-friends playing rugby on the green by the sea-front. Even the Mövenpick isn't doing much business today, which is a rare thing.

Nothing much else to report, except that I've uploaded all of the pictures I took Wai-o-Tapu to Picasaweb. For those interested in boiling mud and steam, see:

http://picasaweb.google.com/nhopton

As usual, click on the pictures to make them bigger.