New Zealand 5 - Coromandel

This page shows the wonderful places we visited on the Coromandel Peninsula - fantastic beaches (great for kiting :), the Driving Creek Railway near Coromandel, and the Rapuara Water Gardens about half an hour south of Coromandel. If you go to the gardens take your time, and make sure you try some of their food.

 

  Cathedral Cove
Cathedral Cove

 

  Seafari & skipper
Seafari & skipper

 

  Opito Bay.. mmmm..
Opito Bay

 

  David kitesurfing
at Opito Bay
David kitesurfing
at Opito Bay

 

  Our cottage at Hot 
Water Beach
Our cottage at Hot
Water Beach

 

  Surfing at Hot Water Beach
Surfing at Hot Water Beach

 

  309 Kauri Trail
309 Kauri Trail

 

  309 Kauri Trail
309 Kauri Trail

 

  309 Kauri Trail
309 Kauri Trail

 

  309 Kauri Trail
309 Kauri Trail

 

  309 Kauri Trail
309 Kauri Trail

 

  Waiau Waterworks
Waiau Waterworks

 

  Waiau Waterworks
Waiau Waterworks

 

  Waiau Waterworks
Waiau Waterworks

 

  Waiau Waterworks
Waiau Waterworks

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Double level bridge
Driving Creek Railway
Double level bridge

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Backing up to the edge..
Driving Creek Railway
Backing up to the edge..

 

  Driving Creek Railway
The Eyeful Tower
Driving Creek Railway
The Eyeful Tower

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  View from the Eyeful Tower
View from the Eyeful Tower

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  Driving Creek Railway
Driving Creek Railway

 

  Coromandel Coast
Coromandel Coast

 

  Port Jackson
Port Jackson

 

  Fletcher Bay
Fletcher Bay

 

  Fletcher Bay
Fletcher Bay

 

  Rapuara Water Gardens
Rapuara Water Gardens

 

  Rapuara Water Gardens
Rapuara Water Gardens

 

  Rapuara Water Gardens
Rapuara Water Gardens

 

  Rapuara Water Gardens
Rapuara Water Gardens

 

  Rapuara Water Gardens
The Seven Stairs to Heaven
Rapuara Water Gardens
The Seven Stairs to Heaven

    

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