It's only ten kms away but the eastern end of the island might be another world. There are still hills but now they are bigger, more rolling and interspersed with vineyards, netted against the birds and all around on three sides the sea, a beautiful aqua green in the sunlight. We keep having to stop to take photos which is no problem as there are very few cars on the dusty gravel roads.
At the end of the road is Man O' War Vineyard with tastings and lunch platters which you eat sitting on the verandah in wicker chairs looking out over Man O' War Bay - so gentle and still it looks like a lake. Having consumed every crumb of cheese, pate and Turkish bread we sit with our books in the sun for a while before deciding to move on before falling asleep.
The scenery gets even more spectacular and eventually the road ends at a jetty where people are fishing for king fish without success: nearby is a jetty for sooty terns and seagulls. That was Orepiu, the end of Waiheke Island and not a coffee in sight. There was a road-side stall selling figs where we ate a bag before getting back in the car so we had to buy another bag of figs. The store in Oneroa sells them (supplied by this grower- that's his hairy arm in the photo) for $2 each!!! Food is expensive here. Two coffees and one scone at Onetangi Beach came to $17.50 but it was so nice sitting under an umbrella watching kids jumping the waves it didn't matter.
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