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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei February 20th 2011

Feb. 20 Hahei Beach to Auckland Hahei beach has been described as “ A little bit of Heaven”. It certainly is beautiful. Norm was up early to catch a beautiful sunrise while I made breakfast. Sunrise was lovely but sky is dark, full of clouds and surf is rough. Toast and cereal then, check out and off to find Cathedral Coves kayaks- an original “desk on the beach” – literally- with mobile VISA ! Looking at the weather I am not optimistic we will be going out. One lady spies my Calgary shirt and our Tilly hats and asks us where in Canada we are from. She is from London with a cottage in Port Elgin. We have a lovely chat and visit. She is truly an inspiration – she is 75, travelling New Zealand on ... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei November 13th 2010

Walked to Cathedral Bay in the morning. Drove to Hot Water beach in the afternoon - which is exactly what it is. Two hours before and after low tide you can dig a hole in a particular area and it fills with hot water. We were like kids again with our spade!! We dug a hole and wallowed for ages - it was great. There was quite a party atmosphere sharing our hole with strangers and sometimes it was so hot we had to shift along a bit!... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei November 11th 2010

Day 8 Wednesday Up and off by 10ish. Long journey today driving down through Auckland and then east to Hahei on the Coromandel Penninsula. Took most of the day. Lovely B&B 200 yards from the beach, had supper at the local pub and after a walk to the beach and a paddle off for an early night. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei March 21st 2010

HAHEI, RAGLAN, WAITOMO, MAKETU... Valokuvia on taas niin paljon, että osa edelliseen blogiin liittyvistä kuvista on tässä, muun muassa kuvat jättiläissaniaismetsistä ja uusiseelantilaisista lehmistä.... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei March 20th 2010

Dot made us bacon and eggs for breakfast at our Mongolian Tent, then we went off in the minivan for a day at Hahei Beach with the kayak’s. I was in a kayak on my own and was a bit nervous in case I got stuck; floated away or capsized but I got the hang of it right away and loved every minute of it. It was wonderful to be in the middle of the ocean and being able to look back at the landscape with beautiful light coloured rock. We kayaked to a private beach called Cathedral Cove. There were other people there who had arrived by boat but I don't think there was a way to access this beach by foot or car which made it more exclusive. We spent all day there, snacking ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei March 19th 2010

We got up at 7am and were on the bus to the city by 8. When I was a teenager, I wouldn’t be seen dead sitting on the second row of a bus - always had to be at the back. Now I’m thrilled if there’s a space on the first few rows so I don’t have to lug my bag to the back. Had a skinny latte at the Harbour then boarded the ferry to meet Dot and Neil, Ellie’s friends from South Africa. The Marian Keys book I’m reading at the moment had me literally laughing outloud, it’s brilliant. Dot and Neil were waiting in their minivan with their two little boys, Lian and Jonas. During the journey, Lian insisted we must be driving in circles. I was very impressed by how much he ... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei January 6th 2010

Ha ha ?? ha he??? He hi??? No I got it - next stop Hahei With the van still in the garage waiting to be fixed we finally left the Hearing dogs prison on Monday 4th January 2010!!! Got on the good old naked bus to Hamilton (half way between New Plymouth and Tauranga) where we were meeting Ben and Heather who had kindly offered to take us the rest of the way back to theirs after they had spent the weekend in Raglan. We were so relieved to see them both; I can’t say how nice it was to see friends after the rubbish time we had had. They had been away for the weekend (after recovering from their 2 day hangover after the new years concert we missed (dam it!!) and had bought themselves ... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei January 3rd 2010

Este es uno de los lugares mas lindos que hemos visto! sin ninguna duda vamos a volver a ir porque es impresionante! Cathedral cove es imponente y hot water beach es una playa de aguas calientes que no se ve en muchos lugares. Esto queda en una peninsula, llamada Coromandel, ubicada al noreste de la isla norte, varias ciudades se encuentran alrededor de esta ales como Waihi, Tairua, Whitianga, Hahei, etc.. nosotros pudimos conocer la mayoria y tuvimos la suerte que el clima fue muy bueno! ... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei October 20th 2009

Between October 20 and October 24 I had embarked on another fun adventure with the stray bus. On October 20th, we headed over to the Coromandel peninsula and on to Heihei and Hot Water Beach. Hot Water Beach, as the name indicates, is a beach with hot springs under the sands. So we dug a hole where the hot water can form a manmade pool and we laid in it. Well, we tried to anyhow. It was so hot, that we kept stepping out of it. I had tried to put my feet in for a few seconds, but had quickly taken them out. They were as red as a tomato! Apparently, what you’re supposed to do is take a dip in to the cold beach water and then warm up in the hot springs, but ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel » Hahei September 19th 2009

Vera and I made some breakfast and then packed up and piled all our stuff into the car and then drove over to the mall where the stray bus would pick us up again. I bought a book and sat and read while Vera took the car back. The bus finally came and we threw our stuff on and found seats. The bus was quite full. We drove to the hot water beach first. This beach lies on a fault line that heats the water under the sand. Basically you dig holes in the sand and make like a little hot tub for yourself. But some of the water is too hot, it will burn you. As the waves come in from the ocean it cools the water down so you can sit in them. It’s ... read more
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