Tuesday 12 September 2006 - Hot Water Beach Set out on our beach day... bucket and spades in hand! Firstly a quick run along Whangapoua beach and a dip in the sea before heading to Whitianga. Next a trek from Hahei beach to Cathedral Cove.... (long trek but nice cove!) Afternoon spent at Hot Water Beach. Cold beach and cold sea but a little digging opposite the special rocks we made our own hot pool, really hot water - so hot in places people ...

Monday 11 September 2006 - Coromandel Making our way to Whangapoua via Coromandel Town to settle in our free beach house! Brian and Gay, a Kiwi couple we met on our Cape Reigna trip, kindly giving us their 5 bedroomed beach house for as long as we wanted it! All very excited and eager to see what we were going to get we were made up when it was the cutest house on the street! Having a Big Brother style moment we all went legging it in running t...