Labour Weekend

So we had our NZ labour weekend this past weekend. Checked the map for warm weather, but it said cold and rainy on both islands everywhere except for Gisborne. It was a 6 hour drive from Auckland. When we got there on saturday about 6 pm, it was 75 degrees, sunny, and the beaches looked incredible. I was very excited to spend the whole next day learning how to surf and snorkeling in pristine waters. We camped out and a gail came over the mountains in the middle of the night, keeping us up with like 50 mph winds hitting our tent. We woke up to a gray, cool, dreary day. we snorkeled anyway though, and actuallly snorkeled with a decent sized stingray. We were just about to get out, our intentions being to see if we could fiund crabs, lobsters, and possibly some good sized fish. Standing on the shores, we noticed this guy, bout 3 foot in diameter, cruise right around us a couple of times, within 3 feet. It was pretty cool, definitely the first wildlife we have seen. There are also some cool waterfalls and a huge 60 meter rockslide we were hoping to hit up, but the weather stunk. Anyways, here is a picture from Gisborne, and one from our apartment, and maybe some other shit...okay take care
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