Skip to main content

Countdown weekend #6 - Coromandel

B and I headed out to the very tip of the Coromandel peninsula this weekend. Bit of a long drive for a weekend, but it was a beautiful day and an incredibly scenic road, so well worth it. Saturday morning, we packed some food, the hammock, the camp gear and hit the road. We made it to the tip of the Coromandel by the middle of the arvo. Enjoyed a picnic, found a camp spot, went for a swim, and then it was down to serious business....

We are on a mission to clean out our cabinets over the next few weeks. Target for this weekend: bottle of tequila. We had a lovely afternoon drinking campsite margaritas on the beach. Mission accomplished. Before we knew it we were watching the sun set and hadn't yet bothered to cook dinner or set up our tent. Thanks for the full moon though, neither of those were a drama. Another beautiful spot in New Zealand that we will definitely miss...

We took the even longer way home stopping off at the same lookout where just 2 years ago we broke the key off in our then new car. We figured we owed it to ourselves to drive the road that we had previously only ridden on top of a tow truck on. It was a much less scary drive this way! :) Once back in Auckland, we treated ourselves to the local green-lipped mussels (2 for 1 on Sundays at one of our local eateries) and a glass each of the local wine.  Sweet as.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Australia is...

beautiful extreme (google: 'Australia & poisonous'; image search: 'Australia & outback') unique from any place i've ever seen similar to every place i've ever seen simple and laid back difficult and uptight lonely eye-opening ... Closing thought that is completely unrelated: my current career is cool. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6471241.stm
Post a Comment
Read more

Easter tent dramas

My tent has suffered its first and second significant damage. Funnily enough, both bits of damage happened within 12 hours of me thinking about how great of condition we have kept that tent in. Both bits of damage are recoverable for not a lot of money, so that is good. I did have a bit of a sad moment though after seeing the damage. I now know how Brendan felt when I borrowed his tent for a climbing trip to Joshua Tree and then proceeded let it blow across the desert unattended. I did stake it down, the stakes were not sand stakes though and the wind was too great. Luckily some climbers in our group showed up late and were able to wrestle Brendan’s tent back into position. It was not without damage though as it ended up with a massive cut in the tent fly. Oh memories…
Post a Comment
Read more

Shakespeare

Logging in to post photos from today, I found a draft post from who knows when of things I wanted to do whilst living in Australasia. From that list, it appears I have three more to go: scuba dive Great Barrier, visit Fiji, and venture into the Australian outback. Looks like I have some planning to do! This was a local weekend for me with Brendan in the US. Saturday was mountain biking at Woodhill. Sorry, no photos to post as I was too close to puking to take in the scenery. I had a ball, but could use some fitness back. Crazy how much Woodhill has grown since we were last here. A couple of hours of riding was washed down with a steak pie because I earned it? Sunday was a walk at Shakespeare Regional Park complete with pukekos, sheep, cows, kite surfers, and a toast to someone who will be dearly missed.
Post a Comment
Read more