Mataitai Bay, Auckland, New Zealand
After spending an entire day at Piha Seaside, Mataitai Bay was my first cease of my second day of driving round Auckland. My aim was to drive on a highway that was as near the coast as potential 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 at all times 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 may 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 seaside isn’t sand – it’s crushed shells, that are a lot bigger than sand grains. It has its personal enchantment, particularly the way in which waves create this magical tinkling sound after they hit the seaside.
On the far-right facet, there’s additionally a pier the place a number of individuals had 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 seaside. 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 imagine they’re wasps). There’s at the very least one huge ocean-facing wasp nest constructed into the sandy hillside, which I walked to, unintentionally. Then my eyes caught movement, and I noticed there have been one million tiny buzzing our bodies stepping into 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 automobiles and heading straight to one of many trails with out a second take a look at the seaside.
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 Seaside, Haroto Bay, Whakatiwai, Ngarunui Seaside 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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