A couple of weeks ago we stopped in Warkworth, a town about 45 minutes away. We really didn't want to go there as they had an annual event going called the "Kowhai Festival". Kowhai is one of our country's trees. It flowers in Spring and has lovely yellow blooms that attract the Tui.
I don't do large groups of people, I just don't - I 'd rather be with maybe 2 or 3 people at the most, I just find it too crowded in these sorts of situations. The main streets were closed off and it was hard to find parking.
The roads are full of different stalls - anything like real estate, political parties, crafts, foods, charities, clothing etc. Apparently it's been running every year in October since 1970 and has been extremely popular even since.
Warkworth is one of those places that has grown immensely, 20-30 years ago it was a small country town - now it has branched out with those moving out of Auckland.
Anyway, after doing what we had to do we were glad to get out of there and head home.
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