A Walk on the Wharf, New Zealand

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Last week we had a brief week away on summer holiday. We only intended being away five days, but it extended to six when our car developed major problems - that is another story yet to come. We went to an area once known as Poverty Bay, named by Captain Cook, now known as Eastland. The temperatures were above 30C every day we were there. One day we drove up the coast, about 100 kms north of Gisborne to a place called Tokomaru Bay. Then, on the way back we stopped off at the well known wharf in Tolaga Bay. And of course I had to walk to the end, feeling as if I was right out in the Pacific Ocean. The wharf was built for coastal shipping in 1929 and is over 600 metres long. I think its the longest existing wharf in New Zealand. No longer used as a shipping wharf since 1969 it fell into disrepair. But in recent years it has been restored and is now a famous fishing spot. I was lucky that although it had rained all morning it had stopped by the time we arrived and the sun came out. I was also lucky that by the time I reached the end of the wharf the people who had been there had left and I was able to enjoy the solitude.