Here’s a gallery of photos showing some of the places we visited while we stayed at our Auckland Airbnb, all of them within an hours drive!
Angela taking a walk on Waiomanu Beach, just west of the town of Maraetai
Looking towards Magazine Bay Wharf from Waiomanu Beach
Waiomanu Beach is only a 45 minute drive east of Auckland
The next seven photos were taken on the southern coastline of the Duder Regional Park ...
Duder Regional Park is just a couple miles south of Waiomanu Beach
A Pied Cormorant sunning itself at Duder Regional Park
There are a few sheep in New Zealand. Here are two of them happily grazing in the Duder Regional Park
Hūnua Falls is located about an hours drive southeast of Auckland
Hūnua Falls cascades about 100 feet into the Wairoa River
Here's another shot of Hūnua Falls
Here's a shot of Angela giving a bit of perspective on size
One last shot of Hūnua Falls ... because it's downright gorgeous
Here's a shot of Pink Beach, which lies on the eastern edge of Shakespear Regional Park
Sheep grazing in Shakespear Regional Park
Pink Beach and Shakespear Regional Park are about an hours drive north of Auckland
Tiritiri Matangi Island sits about two miles offshore of Pink Beach
Here's a shot looking down on Shakespear Beach
Chris testing the crystal blue waters at Shakespear Beach
We'll leave you with a photo of Angela taking in the view from Shakespear Beach
Looks fab! Wish I was there.
I swear I looked at the waterfall photo with the waterfall reflection like three times and until now thought it was a double waterfall. Cute hedgehogs. I understand they still have issues with sheep gangs harassing the tourists, so be careful, they may look innocent, but….
Angela got attacked yesterday … she fended them off with my grooming razor & some vindaloo sauce : )
Beautiful skys!