So we left Tauranga and the lovely eccentric landlady in her flat-cap and headed towards Hahei.\u00a0 En route we stopped in Waihi, which was a bit more pleasant earlier in the day than the previous day, and I bought a red and white polka dot scarf to match my shoes!<\/p>\n
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We headed to “hot water beach” which is renowned as a place where you can dig your own spa pool on the beach.\u00a0 Apparently there are two hot springs which feed the beach two hours either side of low tide.\u00a0 Evidently we weren\u00b4t there at the right time as, having dug a big hole (admittedly I didn\u00b4t do much digging), all that was apparent was cold water.\u00a0 The beach was quite nice anyway though.\u00a0 After a little walk we headed for a campground which I had actually phoned and booked, shock horror!<\/p>\n
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Having checked in, we walked down to the beach, which was stunning, and then pottered into town.\u00a0 We drove to Whitianga but I was disappointed about the lack of pub quizzes on offer so we headed for Coromandel.\u00a0 The area we were in is called the Coromandel penninsular and as we headed to Coromandel town I realised why people had raved about the area.\u00a0 The penninsular is truly spectacular with jagged edges, beautiful coastal views and hills and mountains galore.\u00a0 On the way to Coromandel there was the most amazing sunset with beautiful colours lighting up both the sea and the mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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When we arrived in Coromandel it was around eight o\u00b4clock and I was somewhat surprised to see several casualties being led away from the pub.\u00a0 This didn\u00b4t deter us and we went in to be greeted by a live band.\u00a0 Unfortunately the band were just finishing and the highlight then became the fishing channel.\u00a0 There was a group of blokes reeling in a Marlin (which is huge, like a large shark) and then, as I complained that it was too big and writhing round in pain, suddenly it was only half the fish on the line.\u00a0 Apparently not only had it been struggling with a giant hook in its mouth for hours on end, but it had then been chomped in half by a shark.\u00a0 That Marlin must have done something seriously bad to earn that kind of fate!\u00a0 Other than the unlucky half Marlin there was also an extremely coarse woman for entertainment who seemed to like shouting at people, young children, the television and other inanimate objects in the pub.\u00a0 After the one drink we headed back to the campground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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