After spending a complete day at Piha Seashore, Mataitai Bay was my first cease of my second day of driving round Auckland. My objective was to drive on a highway that was as near the coast as attainable and the farthest level of my go to inside 2.5 hrs driving distance from origin.

Proper now, I favor driving round, stumbling upon a spot after which deciding how a lot time I wish to spend there. I’ve all the time most popular doing this, however that is the primary time in my life that I get to decide on, independently. Mataitai Bay, from the appears of it, from no matter I might discover on-line, isn’t a lot of a vacationer attraction per se. It’s smallish in comparison with hottest Auckland seashores and the sand on the seashore isn’t sand – it’s crushed shells, that are a lot bigger than sand grains. It has its personal enchantment, particularly the best way waves create this magical tinkling sound after they hit the seashore.

On the far-right facet, there’s additionally a pier the place a number of individuals have been spending their day fishing.

There’s a patch of well-maintained grass, with a number of picnic tables littered round, together with two actually on the seashore. One is usable when the tide is low, which is the place I photographed myself round driftwood.

Strolling round on the rocks and sandy hillside, watch out of wasps / bees (I’m undecided which however I consider they’re wasps). There’s not less than one huge ocean-facing wasp nest constructed into the sandy hillside, which I walked to, unintentionally. Then my eyes caught movement, and I spotted there have been one million tiny buzzing our bodies getting in to and popping out of the facet of the hill. I booked it out of that spot shortly.

There’s additionally a few barbecue / grills and loads of parking. The spot is extra for hikers than beachgoers as there are a number of marked and unmarked trails into the hills and I noticed loads of individuals parking their vehicles and heading straight to one of many trails with out a second have a look at the seashore.

I spent about 4 hours right here, ate lunch, photographed myself after which picked one other spot alongside the identical highway that introduced me right here, to drive additional down the coast.

I additionally visited Piha Seashore, Haroto Bay, Whakatiwai, Ngarunui Seashore at Raglan, I drove alongside State Freeway 22 and ended my journey with a day spent photographing extra of myself and writing, on the Les Batkin Reserve on the Waikato Riverside. Clearly, extra photograph tales coming quickly. I additionally plan to wrap it up all with a complete put up about the complete New Zealand journey.

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