New Chums & train spotting potters

Trip Start Sep 01, 2008
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Trip End Mar 2009


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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Weekend trip to the Coromandel peninsula with Paul & Michael. Gorgeous walk to Cathedral cove then spa time on Hot Water Beach. Boiling water bubbles up through the sand, simply dig your own spa pool in the sand, channel the hot water & sit back & watch everyone else get burnt as they tried to dig their own spa in the only clear bit of sand - where the water was WAY too hot!
A friend of Guy, Shelly recommended a beach called New Chums, it was hard to find & involved a long walk over rocks across a freezing cold river estuary & over a headland but it was beautiful & empty, a pity it was too cold to swim. On the way back we went on a miniture train built by a potter, Barry Brickell in the Coromandel hills so he could get the clay to his pottery, but it grew into a major tourist attaction & now they have their own Eyefull Tower at the top of the tracks!
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lesech
lesech on Oct 7, 2008 at 01:52PM

Hello
Hi there, hows it all going.. Yes I know your in NZ, so what od yout hink of the place... a bit different to Oz isnt it. More English I think or Scottish apparently! We are back in London after having a fab time in LA.. We saw Paris Hilton in the Abbey the following Friday, she was obiosuly following us. funnily enough she was out with Ellen that afternoon for lunch.. shame Ellen wasnt with her, I guess I would have had a heart attack there and then. Weather here is mild but rainy and dull...... bring back LA any day with out the FREEWAYS !!! have fun, keep us updated xx

iainp
iainp on Oct 9, 2008 at 11:19PM

Hi boys !
How's it going ! Sounds like Cook Islands were amazing and you are enjoying NZ - you must take a pic of Paul & Michael's place and post it !
We are loving our Babsy mugs by the way.
We are also off on our travels tomorrow - going to Ibiza for a long weekend. Can't wait...
Let us know how you are.
Remember, you can view all the wedding of the year pictures from the official photographer website now. Go to www.kelvinbrown.co.uk and the Client Login is gaviniain...let us know what you think !
Love
The Fox-Perrys
xxx

cjgr
cjgr on Oct 16, 2008 at 01:55AM

Re: Hi boys !
now the whole world can access the fox perry wedding photos!

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