Two days in Auckland catching up on sleep, tying up lose ends at home and trying to rent the last free rental vehicle left in New Zealand...why do we always seem be the last to know that it's a holiday? Needless to say, after all our messing about, we finally managed to rent a car and get out of Auckland. So glad we did 'cause here's some pretty cool places we've been and seen;)
On the North Island...
The Coromandel peninsula. Home to some of the largest & oldest Kauri trees on NZ. The Square Kauri Walk took us to the 15th largest kauri estimated to be just 1200 yr old! (Left). Only 187 to the top.
Kauri grove tree lovers walk. That's me! lol
The drive to the forest from the coast was stunning. The diversity of plants and trees like nothing
we've seen before. Safe to say that if you mixed a forest and jungle together, that's what the NZ forests in Coromandel look like. Palms and pines growing together-amazing.
Reading for tree lovers like myself;)
A decent 1hr trek to Cathedral Cove lead us to this amazing beach and natural rock formation. In time, the rock will collapse due to natural forces. Not this day, thank goodness:)
Cathedral Cove
...in time, this arch will collapse due to natural forces...
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