Whitianga Stories


Hot Water Beach

Special entry for this bizzare natural feature. Read about it and decided to take a look. Geothermal activity heats underground springs which then bubble to the surface within a few square yards on this particular beach. As our pictures show, people flock to the beach armed with spades and go about digging holes which fill with hot water. They then p...


Bay of Plenty

A 2 day sortee to the Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel on the East Coast before we go to Auckland for a couple of days. Probably New Zealands best beach area stretching up the coast. We stop off at a few before settling in at firstly Whatamanga and then Whitianga. Pleasant enough time - relaxing and will remember this area for its never ending twist...


surfing!

So it was off back to Auckland, but only for 1 night (phew) before we left for whitianga in Mercury bay. This was a nice little town and our hostel was right next to the beach, with some nice waves for tom! and me it turned out! i decided i liked the nz sea as there was no rips, jelly fish, sharks, stone fish, crocs, water snakes etc (all the things we ...


Views to die for

Today we woke up at 7:30 to leave to Whitianga ( pronounced fitianga) about 3 hours out of Auckland. Traveling here we passed mile after mile of green mountains towering and sometimes passing through the cloud. Breathtaking. Unfortunately i lost the cord to connect my camera to the computer so i can't upload any pictures :( On the way we stopped over...