Castlepoint Lighthouse and Castle Rock


01-04-10

Hello from Napier.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the Castlepoint Lighthouse and Castle Rock. A truly remarkable place especially if you like interesting rock formations that have been carved out by the sea. Later that evening in Masterton, we had dinner at one of the local restaurants and finally called it a night at the South Park Motel (yes you read that correctly) which actually turned out to be a pretty decent place. We left Masterton around 9:30 am with a brief stop at the Tui Brewery (New Zealand beer) and arrived in Napier earlier this afternoon.

Our accommodations for the next couple of days will be a little French Cottage on the outskirts of town called Hawk Hill. It sits on the side of a hill overlooking one of the rivers that flow around the town of Napier and into the Pacific Ocean. Sorry I don’t have any pictures but I haven’t had the time to load them onto the computer as of yet. For now you’ll just have to believe me when I tell you that it’s really cool.

Tomorrow the plan is to take in as much of the area as possible including Hastings which is New Zealand’s oldest wine producing region.

Till then….




This was on the beach at Castlepoint.