Taranaki - Part Deux

This is a picture overlooking Back Beach right in New Plymouth. This is where Scott went surfing.




We did a short hike along the White Cliffs walkway near Urenui, just east of New Plymouth. The first part of the loop was over private farmland, which was really interesting because we had to walk through the field where the farmer was out baling hay. I had never seen the machine that makes those giant rolled bales of hay in action. The farmer would be driving his tractor, pulling a hay baler along, and when the baler was full he would stop and the machine would pop a hay bale out the back. This is the view from the top of the farm, looking back over the field we walked through.















Maribeth using one of the stiles along the White cliff walkway.




















This is Scott on a bridge halfway through the hike.




















The second half of the loop was along the beach. This is a picture of the high cliffs and black sand beach on the walk back.




















Overall it was a great trip, Scott is already planning our next visit. Hopefully we'll get better surf next time though. This weekend we're off to the Coromandel, at the north end of the North Island. We'll be on the road for about ten days, so look for some more photos in a couple of weeks!