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Published: October 29th 2009
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Mount Maunganui
We drove down from Whitianga to Mount Maunganui pretty much on a whim. Turns out this is a major vacation spot for Aucklanders and this was the first long weekend of summer known as Labour Day. We had to get another backpackers membership which ended up paying for itself quickly but still, that's three now.
Along the way we checked out Waihi, a giant open pit gold mine in the town itself, you can just go walk along the top. We checked out a lookout that afforded a view of the whole Bay of Plenty and went and checked out the beach at Mount Maunganui. The beach here is big on scale we haven't dealt with before and there is a lot of beautiful scenery and huge beach houses along the strip. Reminded us of California movies.
We hiked to the top of the Mount (232 m) the second day and had an amazing view of the whole bay, the City of Tauranga and the mountains south of them. We spent a few days hanging out on the beach and reading here. This has been the place we've spent the most time since we got here and
probably have done the least, but the beach is pretty awesome.
We had some great food at Turkish To Go and found some late birthday cake for Carla, then we got some ice cream at the Chateau. We decided we needed to move on or move in so we hit the road after five great days in the sun. We headed south towards the volcanoes.
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Awesome
Wow, it looks beautiful! Yes it looks a little bigger than Lake Henri or Morin Lake You guys look wonderful!