Friday we were in Tauranga, New Zealand. We spent the day with a cousin of mine who has lived harbor. It i here all her life. First we took a walk to the top of Mount Maunganui. It is an extinct volcano which sits at the entrance to the harbor. It is 761 feet tall. It is known as Mauao in Maori, It last erupted in 1886 The town of Mount Maunganui sit at the base of the volcano and is a suburb of Taranga. We walked up to the top in 2019 when we were here and decided to do it again
Approaching the Mount and city
A tugboat comes out ro help us into the harbor
A gull rides along with us
The sunrise
Our ship from across the bay as we started our climb
a signpost
Th surf along the entrance to the harbor
The beach on the ocean side of the town. It was hazy/foggy so we could not see to far.
Kathy and my cousin Jennette walking the tails.
Our ship from part way up
On our way back down we approached the ocean side of the town
We stopped for lunch here
And I had a local beer
On our walk back towards the ship
Jennette took me to a lookout over the area next
At there house. they have beautiful flowers with many Monarch butterflies
two on one flower
Some of them are so tame they will sit on their fingers
They grow kiwi fruit here
rows of kiwi fruit vines growing across elevated trellise like structures
back to the ship
The Mount from were we were docked
pulling away from the pier
a tug helps pull use away from the dock.
a cargo ship
the lower slopes of The Mount
Sheep on the open hillside
leaving the bay
the pilot leaves our ship.
start of sunset
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Looks amazing! How long did it take you to walk to the top?
ReplyDeleteHi glen it was lisa asking.
ReplyDeleteIt took us about 2 1/2 hour to get up to the top and back. Runners can do it in less than 3/4 hour. We took our time.
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