We were sorry to have to leave to leave the Coromandel Peninsula as there was still some exploring to do but we needed to move south if we were to see Rotorua and the surrounding area. It was apparent that Rotura was going to be very busy at the weekend so we stopped off at Waihi Beach for a couple of days. We also needed to catch up on the laundry so the Top 10 Holiday Park suited our needs although much bigger than we would like.
Here we did our first real walk of the holiday (or tramp as it is called in NZ) on a trail to the William Wright Falls via Orokawa Bay - a round trip of 8 miles on a hot day. A lovely walk though and a refreshing paddle in the stream at the falls. Also ventured into the sea at the very beautiful Orokawa Bay but there was too much surf to swim.
We move on to Roturua tomorrow.
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| Waihi Beach from the cliff path |
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| Orokawa Bay from the cliff path |
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| William Wright Falls |
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| David at the Falls - the "steps" in the rock lead to another pool but not for us as it was flat rock straight up! |
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| Relaxing at the falls! |
Looks a fabulous place.
ReplyDeleteHi, I hope you don't mind, I've put your photo of the cliff path on my blog (sandrarowney.blogspot.com) to complement my painting. I took a sketchbook rather than a camera but it's lovely to find you enjoyed that view too. I was at the top Ten in Feb too! Sandra
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