The Other Side of the World: North Island - Day 4

Thursday, April 20, 2006

North Island - Day 4

My Easter-Holiday-Part-One was amazing. Just posting one day at a time to avoid overwhelm-ment (of me moreso than you). . . Looking Southwards to 90 mile beach (where there was reportedly a great white swimming by the other day). View South from Cape Reinga - the Northernmost tip of New Zealand If you look straight out at the point on Cape Reinga you can see the meeting of the Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea. The waves are actually going in opposite directions. View down from the path we walked barefoot along. Running down an enormous stretch of secluded dunes . . . and sliding down them on boogie boards. They were so steep I caught air and shot through the water at the bottom! Karen my friend from school on the left, and Tania her flatmate on the right. Tania introducing us to the wonders of smoked fish roe (still whole - you scoop it out and spread it on buttered bread with lemon juice, salt, pepper and hot sauce). The most amazing Bluenose fish & chips with enormous succulent oysters. I would seriously drive the 16 hours for the purpose of having these again (future visitors be warned!).

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

glad you had such a nice time!! it looks amazing -
xo amy

4:28 AM  
Blogger ladyelms said...

Breathtaking.

11:00 AM  
Blogger Claire said...

I love the snapshots of your life :) Beautiful beautiful pic of the running down dunes. You made me hungry for fish!

Claire

12:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh to tumble dunes like that

Love
Big B

4:50 AM  

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