A promising sign

When you see this sign there is no turning back.

We'd been driving for about three or four hours from Hokianga, where we'd spent two nights in a shipping container with stars, birds, and saltwater for company. (There were locals, but they were 10 ks away in city centre: a hotel, a Four Square, and a 'fush and chups' shop.) From Auckland to Hokianga it had been a good five or six hours. And then here is this sign. The Ancient Kauri Kingdom is a museum and tourist shop hearkening back to older days, where wares are crafted from wood recently removed from peat bogs where it's been wallowing for 40,000 odd years. 90 Mile Beach is a road as well as a beach, and people still use it when the tide is low to get around. The Buried Forest is the site of the aforementioned kauri trees, and the giant sand dunes are, well, giant sand dunes.

The most glorious destination, however, isn't even mentioned, although it sits at the very tip of the island. Perhaps the sign takes it for granted that you will go there. After all, there is only one road north from this point onwards.