Lazy Day
12 December 2018 | Whangapoua
Penny
The tides were wrong for Hotwater Beach so we had a lazy day. We started with a lovely walk around Whangapoua Harbour, very scenic and peaceful but looks very shallow (even though there is a marked channel) and therefore not suitable for us in L'Esprit de la Mer. There was a short well defined path through 'bush' and then along the edge of a white sand beach we had to paddle at times so it was lucky the tide was on the way out. We finished up at a roped off area on the far side of a spit where dotterils and oyster catchers were nesting. We saw several chicks and a visiting warden told us it had been a good year as the sand bank was much larger this year giving a large nesting area.
We picnicked at Whangapoua Beach which would be every bit as beautiful as Chums Beach if it did not have the housing at the back.