Sunday, March 30, 2008
Wenderholm Regional Park
Today we headed to Wenderholm to spend the day with Paul, Georgina, Lauren and Mollie for a some time on the beach and a chance for the men to go fishing. Here are Royston and Paul identifying the best fishing spot.
We had a sausage sizzle before the fishing began
And then the men went off fishing, unfortunately coming home empty handed...
Sunday, March 23, 2008
South End of the Waitakeres
Easter Sunday and another great day, so today we headed back to the Waitakeres, this time the southern end which we hadn't previously explored. We first stopped off at Cornwallis where we climbed up the steep hill for views over the Manukau Harbour. This is a view down to Cornwallis beach.
Whilst this is a view over to the Awhitu peninsula, very close to where we went camping the previous weekend.
And finally a view to the entrance of the Manukau Harbour with North Head to the left and Whatipu on the right.
We continued along the road to Huia and Little Huia, both very small townships. This is a view down to Huia.
The road becomes unsealed and very windy, finally ending up at Whatipu and the entrance to the Manukau Harbour. This is a traditional west coast beach so fine black sand and wild waves. This is also a very popular spot for surfcasting, but we didn't try our luck this time.
This is a view past Ninepin Rock over to North Head on the other side of the harbour.
Our lunch was had at Armour Bay, an extravagant spread of crayfish, smoked salmon and a glass of fizz!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Charlie's New Toy
Easter Saturday on the Pohutukawa Coast
A glorious day today so we headed south east of Auckland to an area known as the Pohutukawa Coast, once a weekend bach kind of place, but now desirable suburbs of Auckland to live. Our first stop was Maraetai with its sandy beaches and lots of people out fishing.
We then headed to Omana Regional Park, another of Auckland's many regional parks with the picture frame!
Here we did the perimeter walk, culminating in a climb up to the lookout point which gave great views over the Hauraki Gulf and to Rangitoto.
Our final stop of the day was Beachlands with its wharf and sandy beach.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tom and Jerry...
Clarks Beach
As the weather was good this weekend, we headed off camping to celebrate our wedding anniversary. This time we went about an hour south of us to Clarks Beach on the Manukau harbour. From our tent site we could see through the cabins to the estuary.
The view from the beach is over to the Awhitu peninsula which goes to Manukau Heads and the entrance to the Manukau harbour - an area to explore in the future.
The town had a very sleepy feel to it as out of summer season, but we found an excellent winery and a good restaurant just down the road from the campsite.
The end of the day resulted in a beautiful sunset which we watched from the beach.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Bluff Oyster Season
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