The Coromandel

This was a travel day. Before we left, we had spoken to many of our friends who had been to New Zealand, and almost none of them made it to the top of the North Island. We were deter­mined to get there, and that meant driving. We compro­mised though, and drove up from Rotorua to the Coromandel, another park/wilderness area.

We saw a bunch of water­falls along the way:

…but it took most of the day to get there, so we camped for the night in another almost empty field at Cook’s Beach. The next morning, we found a spot called Cathedral Cove, so named for the natural bridge and other formations.

As you can see it was kind of a dismal grey day. So on we went, stopping for the occa­sional waterfall along the way…

By the end of the day, we had made it to our camping site, and were treated to a beau­tiful sunset:

A long day, but we are now north of Auckland, ready to tackle the northlands.

…Mike