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| Cooks Beach and Lonely Bay from Lookout. Coromandel Peninsula |
As I walked
barefoot along the firm sand of Cooks Beach, kept company by the Red-billed
Gulls, I watched the New Zealander’s at play on their summer holiday here in
the Coromandel Peninsula: boating, sailing, fishing, tubing, kayaking, wind-surfing,
swimming, snorkeling, flying kites, making sand castles, playing beach games,
skim boarding, body boarding, paddle boarding, running, or just lying on the
beach sun tanning with a book.
To get to
Cooks Beach we took the Ferry across the Whitianga Harbour, the trip only a few
minutes long but it saves hours of driving, then we walked the 3km to Cooks
Beach, past Flaxmill Bay. A fine, hot afternoon and the family had no problem
braving the cold sea while I walked the length of the beach.
The views
from Lookout and Shakespeare Cliff on our walk back across Mercury Bay were
dramatic, the beaches and the rugged cliff faces quite beautiful.
Ah, and
salted caramel ice creams at Espy Cafe, people watching….
