Beautiful Day in the Coramandel

Well, I have found my new favourite town in NZ. It is Tairua. It is a coastal town that has a quaint feel about it. Amazing houses that range in price from half a mill to 2 mill. I think I could finance a couple of them. My day started with a nice, sunny 5k run. (As I look out the window right now, the sky is pink as..) We are staying in a nice bach in town. Our hosts have been great they have given the kids bikes and toys and shovels to play with at the beach. They have been very excited to get back on bikes again. Our adventure today, was a hike to Catherdal Cove and Hot Water Beach. Both of these activities needed to take place at low tide, which was at 5pm. That means that there is a 2 hour window on either side of 5. We spent a leisurely morning at the town beach watching the surf roll in as the kids played in the sand and collected even more shells. After lunch we began our hike into Catherdal Cove. It is about a 40 minute walk, up and down, to the Cove. With the kids it might have taken a little longer. It was well worth the hike, to see the beautiful colours of the water and the white cliffs. And we saw a STING RAY in the water. It was so coooool. It was only about 4 feet from where Amelia was standing. Dianne dragged us out of this area, so we could make to Hot Water Beach still at low tide. Hot Water Beach has an area that when you dig down in the sand at low tide the geothermal activity heats up the water that fills back into the hole. Both girls found out really how hot it becomes, with some really red feet. We attempted to dig our own hole, unsuccessfully. But someone left an area and we snuck in and used their hole. A very neat experience for the kids. And since this was my second time there I was determined to find hot water. A great day of memories was had and for only the price of petrol. Until next time Carolyn