Day 6: Coromandel Peninsula

Today started off raining and pretty much continued most of the day. So, after a slow start and a search of Google on rainy day activities nearby, we loaded up the car and headed out for a day trip on a loop around the Coromandel Peninsula. We travelled south out of Whitianga (located on the east coast) and took the 309 Road, a mostly gravel road that runs up and over across the peninsula to the west coast and the small town of Coromandel. On the way we stopped to look at some really huge and very old Kauri trees and a cool waterfall that looks like it would be a fantastic place for a swim on a hot day.

In Coromandel we strolled through town visiting an obligatory op shop or two, before having lunch in a local park. After that we drove to the Driving Creek Railway to do zip lining which was a lot of fun. Fortunately, the rain had eased off for the afternoon on that side of the coast and we only got lightly sprinkled on for the most part.

The trip back across the top of the peninsula took an hour and we arrived home about 5pm, just in time to do nothing much for the evening.

( GoPro video footage of zipline to come once we edit length)Read more