Sunday 30 December 2012

Coromandel to Tapu Camp

A relaxing Sunday after yesterday's intense activities :) it was raining anyway, so lucky to have gone to Cathderal Cove yesterday and not today!


We went to the Coroglen farmers market on the way to Coromandel, which they open only on Sundays, rain or shine! Think the opening hours is 9am till 1pm. Some stalls selling yummy breakfast goodies like waffles, scones and coffee! And also organic fruit and veggies, free range pork, venison, salami, cheese, free range eggs, chutneys and jams and even theurapetic massage!

Coromandel Town
Reaching the little town of Coromandel. We were attracted to have some fish and chips and pies for lunch. So we head on to Coro Pies***** (MUST TRY :D), which is quite hidden from the main street but they have signage by the road. We tried their steak, bacon and oyster pie $4 which is absolutely yummy! They have also mussel pie and smoked fish pie which seems interesting. Coromandel peninsula is famous for their oysters, mussels and scallops! So the Coro Pies source their seafood fresh from farmers!

We also had Fish and chips at Coromandel Takeaways, really fresh too and yummy! 2 piece fish of the day for $5 and chips $3...

Walking around the main street, there are few art and crafts shop which helped us digest the chips a little. After some itinerary planning, we just decided to relax at Umu cafe, with a cappuccino $4.50 and berry cheesecake $6.50. There are few other nice cafes around the main sreet too like Chai Tea house. The food at Umu looks really good, but cheesecake is quite average.
A: No wonder the face is getting chubbier...

So many oysters!!


Some waterfall around Coromandel.. :D

LOVE the Summer RATA tree...

Beautiful coastline


Stayed the night at Tapu Camp, $30 non power site, beach or it is actually river front site. Hehe. 50cents for hot shower.


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