After Rotorua, we drove to the west coast and one of our favorite places in New Zealand, the Three Sisters, north of New Plymouth. It is one of those special places where, at low tide, you can walk out among the the sea-stacks, the arches, the caves, and so on, and experience places that are otherwise buried in a raging sea. Exhilarating! We
visited in 2014 and were knocked out.
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We arrived too late for the low tide, so went for a walk in the
headlands above Three Sisters |
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And a surprising view of Mount Taranaki, many miles to the
south, the North Island's big mountain/volcano |
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Along the river leading out to Three Sisters, the Tongaporutu,
an unusual spherical boulder, similar if inferior to those on the
South Island at Moeraki Beach; we'll be looking for more in the
Three Sisters area |
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A jandal (=sandal) wall at a bach (=beach house) on the road
to Three Sisters |
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| Looking down the river, out to the Tasman |
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| Next morning, low tide, sea caves |
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| Big rock (small island) with all the features |
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| Cave that runs its width |
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| Caves, arches |
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| And beyond |
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| Big arch |
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| Us, there |
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| Taranaki |
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Three Sisters...well, the third one, out to sea now, fell down, but
a third has since appeared |
