The Beautiful Far North of the Coromandel

I'll keep the words brief on this one folks because I reckon Matt's photos don't need much introduction...

Labour weekend can be a mixed affair weather wise but we were determined to chase down the sunshine to get our Kiwi summer started so headed up to the very Far North of the Coromandel of the weekend, to explore an area accessible only by gravel roads and home to some stunning scenery.

The gravel road stretching ahead into the distance

This is the life!

One of the beaches en route to our campsite

Great Barrier Island in the distance

The end of the world (or at least this part of it)

Blue sky, blue sea

Hope you're all still enjoying these!

What a spot to park up!

Carrie in her element

An evening stroll

And a day hike along the coast

I know I wear this t shirt a lot -
but it sums things up pretty well!

He let me take one photo!

More gorgeous scenery!

Just one more...

Suffice to say, we loved this little corner of New Zealand, a blissful few days. And a good 'recovery' weekend to prepare Matt for his first cycle race of November - the K2 (billed as the Southern Hemisphere's toughest one day cycle race). Of course he absolutely nailed it, completing the savage 190km of ridiculous hills in a speedy 6 hours 45 minutes. My marathon wasn't as successful the next day (injury has meant a rather non existent training programme) - but a brilliant two weekends all round and a good warm up for things to come!