We spent a lovely day at Waiheke on Saturday. This island has so much to offer that there was no shortage of things to do and we ended up doing quite a bit.
After an excellent breakfast at our accommodation we set off to explore the Sculpture trail. This is a free outdoor exhibition that runs for a couple of months around the headland of Waiheke with magnificent views to be seen along the walk. There was also a nice touch of sun umbrellas along the walk you could pick up and make use of and drop off at another location.
After the sculpture walk we headed to the middle of the island and sampled some lovely Olive Oil at Azzuro Groves (where we purchased a Greek Olive oil) and then had some excellent Herb Spread from Rangihoua Estate. We then continued across the island (it’s a lot bigger than you think!) to Passage Rock for a magnificent lunch. See previous blog post for further details.
We then went in search of a couple of geocaches on the far eastern side of the island and found one of them, but more importantly got to see some of the island’s beautiful scenery and go to parts of island we have never ventured to before.
The fort at Stony Batter was our next stop where I did a self-guided tour through the tunnels (pitch black without a torch) and emerged via a ladder at one of the gun turrets. There is an $8 entry fee to the tunnels and you can hire a torch for $5. Thoroughly recommended, although getting out of the ladder at the end won’t be for everybody so you can opt to return via the tunnel.
For dinner we had a lovely meal at the Te Whau vineyard restaurant. Another blog post will detail this.
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