Breakfast of the day =)
Tairua
We arrived at the famous Hot Water Beach... Erm... Is the sea water hot?
Hot water beach
Here we are!! It is such a sight, so many people standing at the beach. Really an amazing beach, 2 hours before and after low tide, we can dig up a pool on the beach to dip in the hot springs! We hired a spade from the holiday park, and join in the fun. But looking for a right spot is so hard! So many people had already occupied the area, some dugged pools are vacant, but clearly because its too hot! We tried digging near the beach, but the water is cold. Luckily the guys at the pool behind us build a 'gutter' to allow hot water to flow to our pool cause theirs is too hot!
Finally after all the hard work of digging the pool we get to soak in the hot spring!
It was really nice soaking in the hot springs... Watching people and the big waves. Once in a while, a really BIG wave come in and splash on the pools closest to the wave, clearing all the defense walls dug up earlier! Hoho poor them... Lucky us, our pool is further in..
The soaking definitely leads to an appetitite for snacks!! Cookie Monster time!
We had checked in earlier at Seabreeze holiday park at Whenukite. Since it's summer, many caravan parks are fully booked! But this is a good choice to stay actually, as it's not too far from the main attractions (Hot water beach, Cathedral Cove), but not the nearest, thus cheaper and many free stuff for hire like spades, snorkel gear, boogie boards etc..
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