August 2013 , Cape Reinga beckoned and we went safari style with Roy and Bernice( liveaboards like us ).
A cup of tea along the way.With two rigs , both with towbehinds we needed a good sized area. |
Spring was bursting out around us and there were lambs in the paddocks. |
We were there - photo taken from the carpark - |
Zoomed in, the Tasman Sea rollers are on the left and the Pacific Ocean is on the right.The rollers were crashing in onto the Pacific which was a smooth seething mass of turbulent water. |
From the carpark there is the entry to the pathway to the Lighthouse.It's axis is East/West and the near constant wind blowing through creates magical sounds of flutes and pipes. |
From the entrance , looking towards Cape Maria Van Diemen. |
Looking right towards North Cape - note the swirls of current that went North as far as we could see that day. |
The bay faces North.The motorhome parking area is a firm grassed area just 10metres from the beach. |
We had a Welcoming Committee. |
We are lucky people indeed, us Kiwi.Here we are in August , dressed in beach shorts and singlet enjoying the Good Life. |
One morning about 8.30 or so a pod of about 15 dolphins came into the bay. |
They were not feeding or frolicking but swam slowly up and down the beach just clear of the breakers. |
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They stayed in the bay until low tide , about 4.00pm.We suspect they were either nursing a sick member of the pod or they were birthing new members. |
Up the estuary there is a boardwalk. |
It sweeps through the mangroves. |
Very well done - it meanders along to a foot bridge that crosses the estuary and accesses the walkway to Spirits Bay. |
From the bridge looking back down the estuary - brilliant clear water. |
Bye Bye Pipit Bye Bye.Time to roll those wheels and experience more of the splendor of the Far North. |