We ventured up the west side of the peninsular before cutting across to the east side via Coroglen on a single lane unsealed road that wound through the forest there at about 20km/hr, not due to any traffic, but just slow conditions, which was great as it was the closest you could come to walking this great area.
Our next stop was the Hot Water Beach, a pituresque beach in a quaint town that has the perfect natural addition to any beach - a hot spring right on the sandy shore of the beach. All you need to do is dig out a little bit of sand right by the waters edge and you've got a hot bath to warm up in.
From here we went to check out more of the coast line along this area with an interesting one hour walk along the green coastline which led down to Cathedral Cove.
Cathedral Cove
And if all that wasn't good enough we then drove off to Whitianga where we stayed at various places around this well to do little town. We all went to the local bar there to take advantage of the cheap meal night which was hard to beat. Chicken, Beef or Fish Burger with chips with your choice of wine or "handle" of beer for $8. Almost all of us grabbed this deal before venturing off to the Lost Spring where the owner (Alan) has spent 21 years drilling down about 800m to reach the naturally heated spring that supplies their garden of eden styled pools there with hot water. A place to visit on it's own just to see the grounds. Our night there with bar service by the pools was just perfect as it was otherwise a clear sky in very cold oonditions.
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