We left Rotorua on Sunday morning and headed toward Auckland via the Coromandel Peninsula. We had two destinations on the Coromandel we wanted to check out. The first was hot water beach. This is a beach with thermal springs coming up under the sand. At low tide you are supposed to be able to dig a hole in the sand and have an instant spa. Karen carefully planned the day to arrive at low tide. There was a pretty big crowd (maybe 30 people) for a late autumn day at the beach with parking at a premium and lots of hired spades (rented shovels) among the crowd.
We tried the low budget approach and rolled up our jeans and dug through the sand with our toes. Noone we know of found anything remotely warm in the sand. A rogue wave did guarantee that a lot of folks (us included) went home wet and sandy. After a nice lunch we headed to our second destination Cathedral Cove. It turned out to be a great 2.5K walk through native forest and old radiata pine down to a beautiful beach. There was a small group of swimmers but most folks were just enjoying the scenery like us.
After the walk we headed for Auckland. Cheers, Bob
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