Holiday Fun From East to West
The sun’s still out, and so are we. With just a few days left until we go back to school, we need to pack as much in as we can. This time our day trips would take us from the east coast near our house, to the west coast across the other side of Auckland.
The weather forecast for the long weekend of Waitangi Day unfortunately said it was going to rain most of the time. So first thing Saturday morning, “let's get out early and do a coastal walk” said Mum and Dad. The tide was also going to be quite high at about the time we’d be doing the walk, but “we'll stay dry” said Mum and Dad.
Half an hour later, well let's see how that worked out...
We were scrambling over rocks and along the narrow causeways as the waves crashed over us. And this was the result. You probably can't see from the photo just how completely soaked we are. Every time we took a step our shoes sloshed with water from half the ocean.
Luckily our west coast adventure had a bit more sun and a bit less risk of being swept out to sea by waves. On a beautiful sunny day we took a drive out to Bethell’s Beach. This was the first time William and I had been to a real surf beach and we just loved it - jumping over the waves and trying to body surf in. Even when we started shivering from cold, we didn’t want to leave the water.
There was also a massive cave there which we explored all the way to the back. It was dark and a little bit spooky right at the back. Some of the rocks nearby had some amazing rock pools too, and we had a great time watching the big waves crash over the rocks, showering us with spray.
But whether it was soaked on the east coast or sunny on the west coast, we loved our summer holiday adventures.
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