Tokerau Beach

We spent the evening of March 26th camped on Tokerau Beach, another of NZ's scores (hundreds?) of freedom campsites, right on the Pacific...this one a municipal camp...about 15 other vehicles there...

Interesting shell strata...

You never know what you're going to see in NZ..she's videoing the whole run

Mahinepua Coastal Track, 2

Continuing a great day hike...

Looking back at the trail

The walk's goal is the trig at the end of the peninsula

At the trig

Vicki atop one of the several staircases...297
steps she counted

Cascading pohutukawa, a favorite sight

Another great one!

Mahinepua Coastal Track, 1

We drove on from Aroha Island to the Mahinepua peninsula and spent my 71st birthday walking its beautiful coast track. For me, it was one of the best day hikes--and there have been many--ever. The 4k track mostly straddles the crest of the peninsula, dropping down to a cove or beach here or there, but with great vistas on either side.

Approaching

Parking on the beach before starting the walk

Beneath a row of old Norfolk Island Pines

Thus

Looking back to the carpark

Looking down into a cove below through a mossy pohutukawa

Caves

The trail ahead

Rest stop on a beach

Ducks on a boulder a hundred meters away

Another cove, a hundred feet below