Jacob'S Well Tourist Lodge & Motel
Travel Blogs from Tairua
Hot Water & Mighty Mussels
... hot spas. It was awesome. Now, the weather was once again not cooperating, and the winds were nasty and harsh. But our feet nearly got burned walking across a patch of sand, so Matt started digging like a crazy man, and 15 minutes later, we had our own private hot tub in the sand (well, private in the sense that 100 other people had their own right next to us, but you know what I mean). We played in the sand for an hour or so, then ran back to the car, and headed ...
We could get used to this
... no walk through the car park for them with their surfboards in bare feet... (although maybe when they got off the boat at the other end). Still can't decide if that is genius, or just plain lazy, do you earn your surf if you don't have to paddle out to get it?
Next stop will be Te Aroha, we will try and climb up the mountain if the weather cooperates.
We worked out this yes/no system isn't going to work for finding a new place to live so we have come up ...
Cruzin the Coradandel
... meat..having all in the car we decided it probably best not to stay, but we had a nice walk around anyway. The town turned out to be a cool little hippy place, where we got some nice local veggies and hung out for a while. We had by this point, got in touch with Denis and Jan, our next port of call in Auckland and so decided to make a loop back round and try and hit up a beach or two on our way back.
We aimed for Thames (biggest town on the ...
The Coromandel Peninsula
... and it is not raining cats and dogs.
By now I was well equipped for any weather and had in my backpack the perfect mix of raincoat, sunscreen and beach towel - I used all of it! Rachel had lent me her car (with licene plate "SUNGRL") and decided very spontaneously where to go. New Zealand's weather can change very rapidly, but my "weather-eye" did not fail me - apart from the last day when it rained just once, for the entire day.
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Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove
... a good 45min walk so we decided to do it in the morning. Went for a walk on the beach anyway. We headed to hot water beach holiday park, had tea and went to bed. Lots of early nights when camping!
We woke up early to get to Cathedral Cove before the crowds. Our car was the only one in the car park! The walk was about 45 mins to the cove. The beach was really beautiful & the rocks arched over one end of the beach - bit like a ...
Other places to stay in Tairua
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Paku Lodge
10 The Esplanade, Tairua | Motelfrom $91
