Karen in the biggest and best hole on the beach

New Zealand

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October 12th 2008
This time we didn’t miss the tide. We got to hot water beach at 9.30am - two hours before low tide - and hired a spade from the shop at the carpark. We trekked over to the area by the rocks where the hot spings were located and almost immediately realised our feet were burning! There were a few other groups of early birds, but we basically had the pick of the beach and decided to locate our ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more