We had a family weekend at a rented bach (from bachelor pad apparently) at Hahei Beach (Har High) on the Coromandel Peninsular.
From the deck, facing north.
90 degrees, that's east.
Walk to the end of the back yard - it's straight down.
On the beach, that's the house up there.
Red sky at night, shepards delight. Yeah nah, it cut up rough over night.
The coast of New Zealand is the home of the Pohutukawa, sometimes called the New Zealand Xmas tree, because it is covered in red flowers by Xmas time. They hang on cliffs and anywhere they can grow, very hardy, but at the moment threatened by myrtle rust.
A bit of folding here. The next bay around (south) is called Hot Water Beach - you dig holes in the sand and make yourself a nice hot pool. I could smell the familiar smell of volcanic activity, so there is something happening close to here. I have a story about Hot Water Beach.
Hanging right over the cliff...and sometimes falling down.
Up on a track looking along the beach.
The patch of grass on the point is the back yard of the house.
Big waves out there.
A huge pohutukawa on someones front yard, many hundreds of years to get to this size.
From the deck, facing north.
90 degrees, that's east.
Walk to the end of the back yard - it's straight down.
On the beach, that's the house up there.
Red sky at night, shepards delight. Yeah nah, it cut up rough over night.
The coast of New Zealand is the home of the Pohutukawa, sometimes called the New Zealand Xmas tree, because it is covered in red flowers by Xmas time. They hang on cliffs and anywhere they can grow, very hardy, but at the moment threatened by myrtle rust.
A bit of folding here. The next bay around (south) is called Hot Water Beach - you dig holes in the sand and make yourself a nice hot pool. I could smell the familiar smell of volcanic activity, so there is something happening close to here. I have a story about Hot Water Beach.
Hanging right over the cliff...and sometimes falling down.
Up on a track looking along the beach.
The patch of grass on the point is the back yard of the house.
Big waves out there.
A huge pohutukawa on someones front yard, many hundreds of years to get to this size.