Sparkling sun
Picnic spot
Other beach users
Crashing
Serene
Peaceful
Ahhhhhhhh! Back to the coast! This time the central east coast and up, back and around towards Auckland. Absolutely nothing to rant about here. The scenery is idyllic and peaceful or rugged and fierce depending on where you are. I will never tire of watching the sun sparkle off the sea and when you add in crashing waves and remote spots I think I could just retire here (and now! - oh no, I cannot afford to retire here, not now anyway). There are more towns around this bit of the coast and they are a little bigger than in Northland, and the road skirts the sea a lot closer so it makes for more spectacular driving, but on the downside to this there are not as many remote and isolated spots where you can be the only person on a beach for what seems like miles.
Some of you may be wondering about the diving around here - as I have been. I have spoken to a few dive centres and came very close to going for a dive in the Bay Islands in Northland but the water is currently only 16c and with the offer of a 7mm wetsuit, all hired gear, quite a lengthy boat ride and the image of a manta ray hovering above me still with me I decided not to go. What a whimp! :-)
Some of you may be wondering about the diving around here - as I have been. I have spoken to a few dive centres and came very close to going for a dive in the Bay Islands in Northland but the water is currently only 16c and with the offer of a 7mm wetsuit, all hired gear, quite a lengthy boat ride and the image of a manta ray hovering above me still with me I decided not to go. What a whimp! :-)
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