Waihi Beach - Waitomo Caves

Trip Start Nov 04, 2007
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Trip End Dec 06, 2007


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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Breakfast this morning was some Bacon and Egg G-muffins served poolside. You have to make use of a free BBQ whenever you can! The kids said their teary goodbyes to the plastic fantastic room and the swimming pool. It was then off to the beach to dip toes into the Pacific, unadulterated by that pesky Tasman.
Pretty much drove through everything interesting before lunch, including straight past the Movember L&P bottles in Paeroa replete with bushy mo'.
Lunch was at the very adult Scotts Epicurean in Hamilton, where it was absolutely impossible to get anything for the kids (including garlic bread or lemonade). Strangely, they provided crayons, paper, books and other toys, so children do patronise the place with their protectors. We settled for ciabatta bread (dry, toasted), which they didn't eat and mineral water (sparkling, 1L), which they didn't drink. But the meals were really quite good - and cheap too.
We ended up by the Waikito river with a banana and biscuit for the kids, which was really quite agreeable.
Onwards we drove. And drove. Until we reached Waitomo caves, where we arrived in time for a 3:30pm tour of Raepuru cave. It was quite a good tour. Yasmin really enjoyed the privilege of pressing the buttons to make the lights go on and off, and this might well have been the highlight. She certainly did enjoy the cave formations and the glow-worms, but I fear that the buttons might have sealed the deal for her. That is OK. Buttons are easy to come by. Glow-worms much harder.
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