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Well after 4 nights of camping and 3 days of driving around with former Austin Mini Race car drivers I'm finally in Warkworth and able to access a computer. I'm at Pete Bailey's, but he is at work so I am finally ableto catch up on e-mails and all that stuff.On Saturday I caught the bus up 90 mile beach and then gor dropped off at teh quicksand stream. After a hike of about 4 hours I made it to Twilight beach, which was completely empty. It was absolutely breath-taking. Then the next day it was off to Cape Marie Van Dieman, and Cape Reinga. The scenery is pretty amazing; you'll have lush green grass, right up against sand-dunes, right up against the Tasman Sea. Cape Reinga was incredibly touristy, so I just took a picture and got the hell out of there. IT was quite cool seeign where the Pacific and Tasman Sea meet though. I had way too much stuff in my pack, so was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day, but I managed to meet up with some English guys who were quite funny the entire time. THey loved the gravel roads, but only once was I afraid for my life, when we passed right between two huge Kauri trees after they missed the corner. Ah well, all in good fun! The water was warmer then it is in Canada, so I had a nice swim on the monday. I headed back down south that night with the English blokes, and we eventually decided to stop in Kerikeri. I have NEVER seen so many bugs in my life. We were completely covered in them. It was a beautiful campsite though. There were little pagoda's (sp?) and buddha's everywhere, and it was quite peaceful.The next day we wondered around town then went to a pub and sampled a couple of NEw Zealand beers. THey were really quite good! I had a 10 inch high burger, then we made our way to Uretiti (say it out loud) took a picture of the beach name and then camped in Waipu, which is a about 2 hours north of Auckland. I finally shaved my beard (i have got to admit, it was quite impressive) and then got dropped off here in Warkworth around 12:30. I'll go into more detail later, but this is really to let everyone know that I didn't drown or get lost in the sand dunes and I am indeed alright.EDIT: To see if this actualyl went though