A day at Tawharanui
A beautiful day dawned here in Aotearoa and we (Actually I decided after seeing that there was a nice little NE ground swell hitting the East Coast) to pack my girls up in the car and drive and hour and ahalf North of Auckland to Tawharanui (Many flowers) Tawharanui.
Tawharanui is whats known as a Open Sanctuary althought it is part of the mainland its surrounded by sea on all but one side and with the aid of a predator-proof fence which was completed in 2004 and a HUGE pest eradictaion programme to protect and enhance its wildlife you have a mainland "Island".
A coastline and surf beach, part of which is protected as a Marine Park.
Stunning panoramic views of the Hauraki Gulf, Kawau and Little Barrier islands.
Walking Tracks over pasture, through native regenerating bush of puriri, kauri and nikau palms kanuka and manuka
The New Zealand dotterel nests in dunes on the northern coast there is a HUGE population of Tui's with Grey Warlber (Riroriro),Bell bird (Koara),Silver Eye (Tauhou).Morepork (Ruru) and Fantails(Piwaiwaka) but I guess the big achivment of the park with the assistance of the ARC and Tawhranui Open Sanctuary Society Inc (TOSSI) The Department of Conservation released 14 young-adult kiwi into the open sanctuary and after sixty something years ........ the sound of kiwi can again be heard on the mainland...............It really is a Taonga.
Ok for me the surf was on and it was beautiful and clean......alittle bit on the crowded side at first but then it started to empty out and I started to have some real fun waves all to myself.
Mana once again not be out done in the fun department found the biggest and probably the most difficult rock on the whole beach and promptly set about scaling it like a Mountain Goat then it was swinging in a tree like a Monkey followed by a SNACK which K had carefully packed away in the chilly bin was well.......demolished by all !!
Such a beautiful day with loads of sun to warm the white sand and the little rock pools and a very light offshore.....oh you get the idea.
After one of the many fuels stops and brimming with N.R.G to burn Mana turrned her attention to attacking me with a huge clump of seaweed.......and yes she did get me.
After that burst of energy we sat down on the rock and had a "Moment"
Saw some famous NZ actors from Shortland Street and a NZ movie "Sione's Wedding".....(very funny movie) and as they hung out just a few feet away from us we actually realised that they were all naturally funny people,there game of "Slow Motion Touch Rugby" was awesome to watch and had us in stitches.
K told me after that although she didn't really do anything she just watched Mana play and me surf and was completely at ease with that arrangement......gotta be happy with that.
The drive back to Auckland was a fun time as we were re-capping the highlights of the day and before you knew it we were at "Sapporo" a Japanese restaurant we had been to before and its pretty good it may be Korean owned and not truly authentic.......but hey.....it doesn't matter as long as we dont have to cook.......
Tawharanui is whats known as a Open Sanctuary althought it is part of the mainland its surrounded by sea on all but one side and with the aid of a predator-proof fence which was completed in 2004 and a HUGE pest eradictaion programme to protect and enhance its wildlife you have a mainland "Island".
A coastline and surf beach, part of which is protected as a Marine Park.
Stunning panoramic views of the Hauraki Gulf, Kawau and Little Barrier islands.
Walking Tracks over pasture, through native regenerating bush of puriri, kauri and nikau palms kanuka and manuka
The New Zealand dotterel nests in dunes on the northern coast there is a HUGE population of Tui's with Grey Warlber (Riroriro),Bell bird (Koara),Silver Eye (Tauhou).Morepork (Ruru) and Fantails(Piwaiwaka) but I guess the big achivment of the park with the assistance of the ARC and Tawhranui Open Sanctuary Society Inc (TOSSI) The Department of Conservation released 14 young-adult kiwi into the open sanctuary and after sixty something years ........ the sound of kiwi can again be heard on the mainland...............It really is a Taonga.
Ok for me the surf was on and it was beautiful and clean......alittle bit on the crowded side at first but then it started to empty out and I started to have some real fun waves all to myself.
Mana once again not be out done in the fun department found the biggest and probably the most difficult rock on the whole beach and promptly set about scaling it like a Mountain Goat then it was swinging in a tree like a Monkey followed by a SNACK which K had carefully packed away in the chilly bin was well.......demolished by all !!
Such a beautiful day with loads of sun to warm the white sand and the little rock pools and a very light offshore.....oh you get the idea.
After one of the many fuels stops and brimming with N.R.G to burn Mana turrned her attention to attacking me with a huge clump of seaweed.......and yes she did get me.
After that burst of energy we sat down on the rock and had a "Moment"
Saw some famous NZ actors from Shortland Street and a NZ movie "Sione's Wedding".....(very funny movie) and as they hung out just a few feet away from us we actually realised that they were all naturally funny people,there game of "Slow Motion Touch Rugby" was awesome to watch and had us in stitches.
K told me after that although she didn't really do anything she just watched Mana play and me surf and was completely at ease with that arrangement......gotta be happy with that.
The drive back to Auckland was a fun time as we were re-capping the highlights of the day and before you knew it we were at "Sapporo" a Japanese restaurant we had been to before and its pretty good it may be Korean owned and not truly authentic.......but hey.....it doesn't matter as long as we dont have to cook.......
posted by PAORA at 23:51
1 Comments:
the first photo of you taking off isn't too bad at all... a nice clean and empty canvas just for you.
...just put your head up a little.
sensei
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