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May. 3rd, 2009 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
clo_againSo today the sun came out and there was much Yay! Me and another girl off my bus tour went on an exploration around Whitianga, which is a little seaside town in the Coromandel Peninsula.
We found an amazing beach (Front Beach) across the water on the ferry and over a little hill.
I keep taking versions of this picture every time I'm on a beach and I'm still not tired of it. There's something about the perspective of footprints, the way they fade away towards the waves, that is really pretty.
I built a sand/shell castle (the beach was half sand, half soft, water-rounded pieces of coloured shell that was oh-so-pretty) with immense water fortifications, then watched the sea not actually come anywhere near it. Sigh. Half the fun is when they get washed away.
So I built Shellhenge instead.
And eventually we spotted a rope swing at the far end of the beach and spent at least an hour seeing how far out over the water we could get and generally acting five years old.
Then we caught the ferry back hoping for some sunset pictures over the beach nearest our hostel but it was facing the wrong direction so we gave up and came back. Now I'm going to have a cup of coffee,a two some TimTams and relax with Bloodhound which I still have to finish. And then maybe watch some Primeval (ggrr) or some New Zealand telly.
It's been a good day. :)
We found an amazing beach (Front Beach) across the water on the ferry and over a little hill.
I keep taking versions of this picture every time I'm on a beach and I'm still not tired of it. There's something about the perspective of footprints, the way they fade away towards the waves, that is really pretty.
I built a sand/shell castle (the beach was half sand, half soft, water-rounded pieces of coloured shell that was oh-so-pretty) with immense water fortifications, then watched the sea not actually come anywhere near it. Sigh. Half the fun is when they get washed away.
So I built Shellhenge instead.
And eventually we spotted a rope swing at the far end of the beach and spent at least an hour seeing how far out over the water we could get and generally acting five years old.
Then we caught the ferry back hoping for some sunset pictures over the beach nearest our hostel but it was facing the wrong direction so we gave up and came back. Now I'm going to have a cup of coffee,
It's been a good day. :)
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Date: 2009-05-03 07:02 am (UTC)I love the Shellhenge.
Goodness, I haven't been to the beach in ages...