Day 5 - Its still raining!

Coromandel Peninsula

Raining wet and miserable. Above, this is the nearest beach to our resort, a seven minute walk through the rainforest.   Shoe Island is in this photo.

All these beautiful beaches and we can’t see them, anyway we are here until Friday so I hope we get a bit of dry weather before then.

So, today we went for a drive to do a bit of recognisance.

We stopped at Whitianga for lunch. Wh is pronounced F. (Fet-i-anga)

We had, fush & chups…. ha ha, bro

Above is Buffalo Beach, named after the ship that was wrecked here.

Found a nice little art gallery and I bought a piece of silver jewellery from a local artist.

Some thoughts on the Coromandel.

• Good roads, very few pot holes considering all the rain.
• Lots of tight bends, narrow roads, hills and beautiful vistas. Bike riders would love it.
• Very little litter.
• Lots of one way bridges.
• Very green pastures, lush grass with clover.
• Fat dairy cows, with big udders, high stocking rate per hectare.
• Healthy sheep, lots of lamb twins, mostly Suffolk and English breeds, no merinos.
• Lovely gardens, must be able to plant things and then they just grow! Freesias, pink & red magnolias, camellias are all in bloom.
• Forests of HUGE tree ferns, thousands of them.
• The sea doesn’t smell very salty? – High run off of rainwater???

They say it will be fine tomorrow, we shall see….