Nice walk along the beach

Busy on the beach!

We went for a nice little 24km walk along our local beach a few days ago. The beach is about 40km long and runs along the rugged west coast, bordering the Tasman sea.

The area is pretty remote and not many people except locals head out there.

I am starting to build up my fitness now and hopefully I can stay injury free for a while!!

Local horse trainers having a workout

Is that a crocodile or a log?

The tide is out a long way

A round of golf at Remuera

Nice narrow fairways and lots of water hazards.


I had my first round of golf in New Zealand today. It is the first time the trusty clubs have been out of the bag for nearly eighteen months! A friend on my section at work still has a corporate membership to Remuera golf course, which is rated as one of the best in the Greater Auckland area, so we had a free round.


On the fairway



The weather was absolutely scorching and I must have lost a few pounds in sweat! One of the boys was playing off ten so I raised my game a bit to give him a good contest (not like me to be competitive!)

The course was really challenging and very fast. I got round in Par and managed to win after playing really well, so the eighteen month lay off must have done me good!

The nineteenth hole is in sight!

Walking in the Coromandel Peninsula

The start of the track



Yesterday both myself and Hayley had a day off together. The weather was great so we decided to head east to the Coromandel. We picked a route called the wires loop track. It took five hours and was mainly in the forest, with occasional clearings giving us good views.

A view towards one of the pinnacles

About half way around the route we found this nice little hut called The River Inn. It is for trampers and has a barbeque and fire if you want to have a barbie. Cool.

Hayley in the pub!

Getting out of the forest near the end of the walk