... Graeme for taking me there.
The journey to Cape Reinga was only the start of our trip though, and afterwards we proceeded to NinetyMileBeach via some huge sand dunes. We'd brought a couple of toboggans with us, so Ann and me climbed to the top of ...
... important to form a good impression!
They treated me to an ice-cream, followed by a burger and chips that we ate at NinetyMileBeach. Everything was going great as we made our way back to their farm, which turned out to be in the middle of nowhere, ...
... far on.
Another day John said at breakfast that he had something for us to do after lunch.... We took his car and drove up NinetyMileBeach. This was great but scary too! I didn't trust that the tide wouldn't come in and trap us and you have to drive ...
... decided to spend a couple of nights as it's quicker and cheaper to get coach trips up to visit Cape Reinga and NinetyMileBeach. So I headed straight to the information centre to book onto a tour for tomorrow. I took the short stroll around the village ...
... the South Island.
Kaitaia, in the evening, is another of those small towns which shuts at about 5 pm. Not desperately inspiring, but tomorrow we're taking a coach tour to Cape Reinga (northern tip) via NinetyMileBeach, which should be quite ...
... in the village of Ahipara. We went out to Ahipara anyway, had lunch in a gale sitting at the bottom end of ninetymilebeach. We then discovered a much less breezy cove further south called shipwreck bay. We had a walk out along the rocks and watched ...
This beach other than it being very windy the day we were there was increadable. This beach called NinetyMile Is only 60 miles long and is a desolate landscape of surf-pounded sand and giant dunes. Vehicles drive along the hard sands at 100 ...