Cathedral Cove and Burning Our Feet

The next day we ventured out to see the “must see” cathedral coves. Again we had some beach time, but this area was another protected marine reserve and very picturesque.

Overlooking the south side of the Cathedral Cove Marine reserve towards Hahei:


The first beach of the reserve, Stingray Bay:


Cathedral Cove Beach:




On our way out of Coromandel we had one last adventure before heading back to Wellington. There is a beach which sits on top of several hot springs. Thus – Hot Water Beach. It is best to wait until low tide, so you can dig yourself a little pool and enjoy the warm water. Well, evidently there was a recent tide which came and wiped out a lot of sand, so it was fun instead to dig our feet into the warm sand and burn our feet on the incoming hot water! It was also fun because people gather here at low tide every day – it was sort of fun just to be part of the excitement.

Here is John hopelessly trying to create his hot water bath:


Here is Marian warming her toes:

We then had a LONG drive back, where we arrived at 3:00 AM, and Marian worked at 7:30! It was a great Northland/Coromandel Peninsula trip.