"ook?!": Hilltop and beach

Saturday 14 January 2023

Hilltop and beach

I have ridden up this hill in the past...but today we parked at Brunswick and rode out on one No Exit road...and back...and to the top of the hill...and back!!

Easy rides are the rule!!

Australian gum trees...huge ones!!

Then to the beach at Mowhanau...also called Kai Iwi beach, and this is where the Kai Iwi stream meets the black volcanic sand and the sea

I wonder how that black sand would behave in a glaze????

8 comments:

Yamini MacLean said...: Hari OM
Good question to finish with... sneak some back to experiment? (A screw-top vitamin bottle filled, sealed and buried in the centre of the suitcase.) 😉 YAM xx; 14 January 2023 at 12:41
Barbara Rogers said...: Great beach, and a mural of a seal! I've never seen black sand...is it any finer than regular sand?; 14 January 2023 at 13:52
Steve Reed said...: I love the mailbox and that beautiful little hedgehog!; 14 January 2023 at 16:43
gz said...: Barbara it is very fine..and Yamini I thought maybe....; 14 January 2023 at 18:45
John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...: Black sand just sounds all wrong to me! You've taken some lovely pictures even so. I'm trying to get back into riding my bike again after a long lay-off due to health problems.; 15 January 2023 at 07:41
gz said...: Black sand cones as a surprise initially, John!
Easy does it on your return to cycling.; 15 January 2023 at 19:20
Debby said...: I have never seen black sand before. Does it sparkle in the sun like regular sand? That hedgehog was sweet.; 16 January 2023 at 14:46
gz said...: Not when it's dry Debby..but we will be back at a black sand beach again, so I will double check!!; 16 January 2023 at 18:59