Ruapuke Beach

Our next stop, down the coast, was Ruapuke Beach, which we visited from the Motor Camp there.

The views reminding us a bit of the Big Sur coast

Not like California

Typical NZ

At the Ruapuke Motor Camp

Hiking from the camp out to the beach

Cows: stiles and electrified fences to cross

It's a three mile beach, tiny by NZ standards

Low tide

Distant island, not on Google Maps

Down in the hole there, the campground

Cruciform tent

Campground decor and signage mostly old surfboards

Fisherperson's abode: the red thing in the center is a fishing
torpedo, an electric motor-powered device for getting your line(s) 
out beyond the surf and into deeper water; pretty handy on the
Tasman side; learn more about this fascinating practice by Googling 
"torpedo fishing" or "drone fishing"; the YouTube video demos
are cool too...

Next morning we were heading for the beach again

Around here it's a black sand beach; with a black rivulet...

As far as we got here