Our next stop is Ninety Mile Beach. As the road this far north is not all surfaced, the smoothest ride we’re told is driving up the beach itself, which is a highway and is patrolled by the police (the coach driver told us they keep their fishing rods on the roof!). Unless you have a knowledge of sands & tides and a 4x4, drivers are advised not to drive on the beach so we took a coach tour. We drove right up to the top of the beach, on such a huge scale that it doesn’t photograph at all well. Half way up we stopped to say hello to a Sealion (in NZ they call them Fur Seals) basking in the surf. At the top we drove up a creek to re-join the road, but not before we stopped to toboggan down the massive sand dunes – here’s Em on her way down! No, really!
2 comments:
Wow the sand sledging looks like fun! It all looks great.
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Did the sand go up your nose and in your ears and take a week to wash out of all orifices??
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