The car ferry from Half Moon bay. The ferry travels around Motukorea Island, one of Auckland's 50 odd dormant volcanoes...
The bach. Lots of yachts and launches starting to arrive from Auckand for the weekend. This tree stump made a really good sketching stool...
There just happened to be a fishing competition on at Rocky Bay on the Saturday and we had taken the kids rods. Despite dad (me) being the worlds worst fisherman, they still wanted to enter. Naturally we got no bites and we lost a lot of gear on the rocks.
Tackle box...
Beach cricket and swimming at Palm Beach. The water is still warm for this time of year (around 21°C)...
We checked out the old gun emplacements and tunnels at Stony Batter then headed down the hill to Hook Bay, about a 40 minute walk, for a swim. The view is great, right across to Mt Moehau at the top of the Coromandel peninsular which looks really close from here. We basked in sunshine while an isolated shower moved over Mt Moehau...
Some Waiheke Island 'wildlife'; some persistent sheep who tried to get into our lunch, and a Weka. This one
appeared from the bush at Stony Batter, the first Weka I've actually seen in the North Island, probably a result of DOCs reintroduction strategy to the gulf islands.
And below Tuatuas, a delicious shellfood that thrive on surf beaches. To gather tuatua you wait until low tide then do a sort of dance we like to call the Tuatua Twostep a twist like movement while digging your feet into the sand. Traditionally done with a hopeful expression on your face.
More wildlife, the family watching a TV movie...
Pizza stop at
Stefanos, sitting out back by the banana palms. I recommendthe Caterina pizza...
The trip back to Auckland, with Motukorea and downtown Auckland behind...
Back to work and roll on winter!
