Next morning we drove to Hahei Beach. What a wonderful, wonderful place - the view was spectacular with the islands, the distant hills, magnificent blue sea & sky & golden sand. Naturally I took loads of photos. I'm sure it must be one of the most beautiful places in NZ. There were little motor boats, a group of kayakers heading out into the calm waters & we were so wishing we had ours with us. We headed up to walk to Cathedral Cove via the walking track which took in several other bays en route, namely Gemstone Bay, very rocky, (didn't find any gemstones), & Stingray Bay, (didn't see any of those either thank goodness). Continued onto Cathedral Cove which was quite crowded being such a tourist attraction. The camera got into action again & we had a nice break under a pohutukawa tree people watching. There was the odd person swimming but they didn't stay in long despite the hot day. Just as we started to climb the steps to commence our return trip, who should arrive but the new bride & groom! Looking very happy & relaxed - a few days mini-honeymoon. We returned to Hot Water Beach & a walk to inspect the hot water springs. We hadn't hired a spade, thinking we could just dig with our hands. How silly were we? It is so hot when you dig down a bit & where the water was running down to the waves I burnt my feet quite badly. We decided to walk further up the beach & when we returned there must have been about 100 people digging pools on top of each other. It was much more fun watching them, mostly adults, all having a lovely time being childlike again.
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