Tauronga / Rotarua

Tried to hire a car but no luck – they only had 3 and the were all gone (and only 1 that would have fit Kaoru, Julie, the kids and me). Another ship arrived too, after ours, so they would have no luck.

We found a bus that was going to Rotarua so caught that. We had time for 2 runs on the luge. Julie went with Ethan (separate luges), and I went with Izzy and David. Kaoru just watched and walked around.

We got a message from Dad. Mum was sick and had to go to the Doctors. He put her in quarantine as she was running a fever.

We got back to port, and stood on top of the bridge for the sail away. It was very windy, but gave us a spectacular view as we went out to sea.

The show was a singer, who happened to be Maori. He engaged the audience in a couple of the songs, and was fantastic.

After a drink in the Explorer bar, Julie came back to our room to have a tea on the balcony, and then we called it a night.