On Saturday, we spent a relaxed day with Chris and Emma following the coastal walkway to Mairangi with a nice lunch and a bus trip back and on Sunday watched the Santa parade in Brown's Bay. The parade,featured hot rods and custom cars, popular here; uniformed groups, cubs with long range water pistols; school groups and lots of Koreans so it took over an hour to pass and created a great buzz in the town. Santa himself arrived in a yellow Mini Moke decorated with tinsle but my photo was too poor to be shown here.
We said goodbye early on Monday morning and went to the transport museum in Auckland(MOTAT), a split site with an ex Melbourne tram connecting the two. I was fascinated with the section on two aviation pioneers. Richard Pearse was a reclusive farmer on South Island who developed a very advanced convertiplane and may have beaten the Wright Bros to first flight but is almost unknown outside NZ. Jean Batten broke many records in the thirties and led a colourful life but sadly also became a recluse. Later we had a pleasant drive in warm sunshine to Taupo.
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