![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10-20231109_111900-1038x576.jpg "East Cape")
I have reached the first of the milestones of my New Zealand route south of Auckland (around which the rest of the route was planned): the East Cape.
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/01-20231108_122345-150x150.jpg "Opape Beach")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/02-20231108_132538-150x150.jpg "View from Maraenui Hill Lookout")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/03-20231108_133312-150x150.jpg "Whitianga Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/04-20231108_150944-150x150.jpg "Waihau Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/05-20231108_154509-150x150.jpg "Lottin Point")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/06-20231108_131601-150x150.jpg "Whituare Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/07-20231108_135832-150x150.jpg "Omaio Marae")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/08-20231108_141724-150x150.jpg "Te Kaha Marae")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/09-20231108_145928-150x150.jpg "Raukokore Anglican Church")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/10-20231109_111900-150x150.jpg "East Cape")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/11-20231109_105533-150x150.jpg "Paengaroa Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/12-20231109_113619-150x150.jpg "Northern coast of East Cape")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/13-20231108_165616-150x150.jpg "View from my Accommodation in Hicks Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/14-20231109_084755-150x150.jpg "Hicks Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/15-20231109_093252-150x150.jpg "Hicks Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_095000-150x150.jpg "St. Mary's Church in Tikitiki")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_094815-150x150.jpg "St. Mary's Church in Tikitiki")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_104415-150x150.jpg "Somewhere on the East Cape")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_112442-150x150.jpg "Tokomaru Bay Wharf")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_150053-150x150.jpg "Tolaga Bay Wharf")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_144615-150x150.jpg "Hills behind Tolaga Bay")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_143139-150x150.jpg "Cook's Cove")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_140701-150x150.jpg "Cook's Cove")
![[Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231110_161108-150x150.jpg "Makorori Bay")
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.