We were picked up at the airport by Eddie. He was the campervan man for the North Island and what a nice guy he was. He was Maori and huge and would easily fall into the gentle giant category. Nothing was a problem to him, 'no dramas', he liked to say. He showed us the ropes with the van which is very similar to our camper at home. He said it was the best deal he had ever seen in the 5 years he had worked there. Well done Ruth for finding it! We spent the first night in a free camping area in the Auckland Docklands. It is an area they are redeveloping for the upcoming Rugby World Cup. Old disused buildings are being flattened to make way for a nice park with a big screen to watch the games. We were next to a fantastic fish market and spent the next morning looking at all the different fish NZ has to offer. We weren't too sure how to prepare the fish though so opted for a safe purchase of salmon. A quick look around the city and we set off for the coast. We set off at the very moment a tornado developed and worked its way across northern and eastern Auckland. We were quickly diverted of the main highway out of Auckland to a place called Avondale. After searching the radio networks to find out what was happening, we discovered that a second tornado was developing exactly where we were, YIKES! Fortunately we missed all the chaos and made our way towards the west coast.
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