Another brick in the wall… Coromandel to the Far North, we get an outstanding welcome at one bay, offered the paddock to camp in, then in the next bay over, we are threatened, told that this is not our country, that we had to pay to be there – on the foreshore on DOC land, then the next night in a completely different area ( on a DOC registered camping area on the foreshore? we were told by another local that we are not allowed to fish, not allowed to walk on the beach or the rocks… because we were white.
Im not even white, Im slightly brown or beige. Blimen eck, she should have gone to spec savers!
Overall the people up here have been awesome, just unfortunate that we have run into a few bad eggs.
Huge shout out to Tony from Rangiputa, Ang from Whangaroa gamefishing club, Freddy from Ahipara, Tui from Ahipara, Willy from Ahipara and all the other awesome folks we have met up here.
The adventure continues…. heading out for a big fish this arvo before missioning down to the East Cape and Mahia for some more adventure
Thanks so much for your contributions and kind words and support!
We really appreciate you one and all.