Cooks Beach and Hahei. How they used to Look
These photos are a couple that I tidied up for Sam Harsant. They show Cooks Beach and Hahei pre development Read more…
These photos are a couple that I tidied up for Sam Harsant. They show Cooks Beach and Hahei pre development Read more…
A few years ago Doug Johansen (aka Kiwi Dundee) was guest speaker at our Lions Club and he spoke about a very inaccessible Kauri grove near the top of the range behind Hikuai Read more…
The following link takes you to my book on the Momento Website where the book can be viewed by clicking on the cover.
http://www.momento.co.nz/preview.asp?b=7952-6220-5341
Gazetted in 1993 Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve (Cathedral Cove) was the first reserve established on the Coromandel Peninsula, and in the Department of Conservation’s Waikato Conservancy. Read more…
This beautiful Bay is encompassed by Mt Maungatawhiri to the north and Wharekaho headland to the south which is the site of historic Wharetaewa Pa visited by Captain Cook in 1769 and later attacked by northern tribes armed with muskets and all but a few of the inhabitants were slaughtered. Read more…
We had a very eventful trip to the South Island Feb/March which was punctuated by a series of gear failures (motor home mainly) which made the trip memorable for all the wrong reasons. Read more…
Once again we were treated to another magnificent spectacle on the 10th and 11th of April. This was around the time of when my computer decided to crash in a big way so it has taken quite some time to get everything re-loaded (hence the delay in getting this posted). Thank goodness that all was backed up. Read more…
These photos are from Otama, Hotwater Beach and the Whitianga Waterfront