Day 4. In a cabin! Pouring and a bit chilly outside!  We arrived in bright sunshine. The flight from Tokyo went without a hitch. Even managed to persuade the wibblers to have a quick nap! All smooth when we arrived. Rental car, then to Takapuna campsite. Excellent beach with an epic playground. They charge around while Geoff and I lurch around like zombies, trying to stay awake. Early night for all. The next couple of days involved a trip to Auckland backpackers carmart time pick up a bargain! No bargains to be had, so we payed a large amount of hard earned cash instead. Pearl is a Toyota, and in pretty good nick. Hopefully good for selling on! Also numerous trips to countdown and warehouse for various bit. Blankets for everyone. Those one season sleeping bags are basically a glorifieday plastic bag! We bought E a small sleeping bag, which she is very pleased with. Geoff got himself a mat for use in the tent. We bought a small four man (light and space saving. Elodie is so small we won’t even notice her!) But having got it back to the cabin and had a good look at it, we realised that thete was no way this was a four man. And we also realised that there are five of us, and some of us like to stretch! We scrapoed the idea of some slerping in the car when we had enormous difficulty fitting all out crud into the wuite spacious boot. We decided to bite the bullet and get the same sized tent we left behind. On the plus side, thus one is easier to put up and 2 kilos lighter! So, after one night in the tent, Geoff is slightly zombified again. Bleating about the ground being hard, and waking up….. luckily for him it rained as soon as we packed up to head north, so we were able to persuade ourselves to another cabin! Saving the DOC campsites for the morrow and hopefully sunshine! We are staying at Baylys Beach tonight. Lovely campsite, with a nice stroll along the tops of the dunes to a rather desolate beach. Drivable, which the 3 through was brilliant! Rio thought Pearl might enjoy it!