Our rented house - the steps nearly killed me... |
View of the mouth of the harbour |
View of the sand dunes - Little Barrier in the distance |
Mangawhai Heads |
Just before sunrise |
Sunrise at Mangawhai Heads |
Sunrise at Mangawhai Heads |
Annecy ready for launching |
The Wake-boards are ready to go |
Mangawhai Harbour |
Zach and Charli are ready... |
Mangawhai Heads |
Zach wants to go Wake-boarding |
Come on dad |
Zach's ready to go |
Master Zach is only 6 years old |
Look at him go |
Ready to cross the wake of the boat |
Off he falls |
Swimming to the boat |
Julie and Charli both on the Wake-board |
See - no hands - Charli is waving |
Clever Charli |
See Charli swimming back to the boat |
Julie's turn on her own now |
Mangawhai Heads sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads sand dunes |
Lunch time on the sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads sand dunes |
Ocean beach on the sand dunes |
Ocean beach on the sand dunes |
Ocean beach on the sand dunes |
Phil and Zach playing in the surf |
Pacific Ocean |
Pop, Charli and Zach on top of a sand dune |
Phil helping Pop back to the boat |
The sand was hot and it was a long way back to the boat |
Skippity Hop down the sand dunes |
Note the areas where there were shells in the sand |
Snap!! |
Mangawhai Heads |
Mangawhai Heads |
Mangawhai Heads |
Looking out for the dolphins that were swimming among the waves |
Can you see the dolphins? |
See the dolphin in the water |
Looking out for the dolphins that were swimming among the waves |
More dolphin watchers |
Mangawhai Heads beach |
Phil at Mangawhai Heads beach |
Mangawhai Heads beach |
Mangawhai Heads beach |
Mangawhai Heads surf beach |
Early Sunday morning |
Trying to go out the mouth of the Mangawhai Harbour |
Mangawhai Heads |
Hitting a few swells as we try to go out the mouth of the estuary |
We've crossed a few large swells |
It's a bit rough!! |
See the boat behind us hitting the waves |
Phew - we made it... |
Yes, we made it - but it's really a bit too choppy... |
Heading back into the harbour - looking at the waves behind us!!! |
Big waves at Mangawhai Heads |
Getting smoother as we pass Mangawhai Heads |
Annecy in calmer water in Mangawhai Harbour |
Stopping for lunch on the sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads |
Batman and Robin on the sand dunes |
Mangawhai Heads |
The family are planning to walk up the highest sand dune |
Mangawhai Heads |
Mangawhai Heads |
Annecy waiting for us on the harbour |
Where we sat and waited for the family to return from their walk |
30 minutes later they arrived back |
Still playing... |
They climbed up to the top of the sand dune in the background |
Race to the finish |
Daddy and Charli win |
Sand Dunes on Mangawhai Harbour |
Sand Dunes at Mangawhai Harbour |
Mangawhai Heads |
Gramps and Zach tidying away the ropes |
Mangawhai Harbour |
Sandy Zach back on the boat after playing on the sand dunes... |