Christmas 2015 road trip, day 1: Whangarei - Rotorua

Last year Matt and I went on a spontaneous road trip that led us all the way down to Kapiti Coast and Wellington. Looking at things to do we thought about going to Cape Palliser, the southern most point of the North Island. We'd seen it featured on a couple of TV shows (Hunger for the Wild, Coasters) and were amazed by the scenery, but unfortunately ran out of time. All year we've been talking about spending Christmas there this year, so today we took off on our adventure *woohoo*

We spend Christmas Eve in Rotorua with some of Matt's relatives, stocking up on supplies and preparing ourselves for the long way ahead.