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That evening the three tourists departed by car for their trip around the Coromandel peninsula , and the following morning Ian was up at dawn . And then , while getting a quote from an auto body shop to repair the damage , the garage 's tow truck accidentally reversed into his car parked outside ... Off early the next morning , and the wind contined to increase as we beat across the Firth of Thames to the Coromandel peninsula . After the first day he was covered in bruises - - snow being considerably harder than water - - but from then on he was an expert , hot-dogging with the best . We put into Whangerei further up the east coast and spent the next three days or so riding out the cyclone at the town pier , eating pizza and drinking cappuccino in the nearby restaurant .