Yesterday, we took a road trip to Waihi Beach, which is a 9km long beautiful beach that has been described as "the safest beach in New Zealand" and is in the Coromandel peninsula of New Zealand. That is the Northestern jut of land from the north island. We arrived at about 1pm and headed straight for the beach, where the kids made friends with a cute kiwi boy.
We then headed for town and booked a room at the Waihi Beach Hotel, which was very cute, but attached to a bar. I should have realized when I booked the room at the pub that we would be hearing loud pub traffic into the wee hours of the morning. Surprisingly, this only woke me up once and we all did okay with sleep. AND, there was a bonus. The band stayed in the motel also and hung out shirtless in front in the morning (something Liza noticed first), which made packing up the car a joy.
Yesterday evening, after dinner, we headed out for more beach time and again when we woke up this morning, there was a local market going on across the street from the hotel. The kids had ice cream cones for breakfast (hey, that's calcium and protein) and we bought a bunch of fresh tomatoes that the kids both thought were great and rock salted macadamia nuts. We then fit in one more beach trip before heading back to our Otorohanga-home.
After a nap, we picked up a couple of Liza's friends for a sleepover.
Looks like fun.
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