The Last Lazy Day At Pukehina

We set out on a driving adventure with two important goals Thursday morning: Boat shoes and lunch. We were successful in meeting both goals.

Although we had driven twice now through Tauranga, which is sistered with a town called Mt. Manganui, we had never visited the latter town.

Mt Manganui is a classic summer town except the harbour over which the expensive homes are looking, is a working overseas shipping harbour, so it's a little less scenic than customary. The main street is not next to the water, but is well populated with restaurants and crafty crap/souvenir shops.

We did our main shopping at a genuine shopping mall, complete with Woolworths (groceries only) and a K-Mart (department store) as the anchor stores. A little blast from the retail past for those of us who remember Canadian retail history.

Here are a few pics we took in Mt. Manganui.



We drove back to the cottage and spent a few final hours enjoying the location. We went for a swim in the biggish waves and had a long sit on the beach catching the last of the sun. Here are a few shots.



It's Art Man! Don't you get it?



No. Wait. This must be the art ...


Sadly, once the sun had faded, we set ourselves to packing and cleaning, preparing for an early start the next morning.

Which leads us to ... Friday

Bye.