Summer Beach Holiday

The kids love the beach, so it was an easy decision to spend our summer holiday at the beach.  This year we stayed in a cabin at Fitzroy Beach in New Plymouth.  It’s a great campground, with our cabin less than 20 meters from the beach.  We all loved the beach and campground,  and will definitely be going back again.

When we arrived on the first day, it was cloudy and overcast.  The kids quickly ran down to the beach to have a look.  They had to be careful as there were quite a few blue bottle jellyfish that had come in with the tide.  Luckily we had brought them some beach shoes, so they didn’t get stung.

There was no one swimming when we first arrived in the morning, maybe the blue bottles kept them away.  The overcast day was perfect for reflection photos.

Day Two

The kids were up early, racing down to the beach to have another splash around.  It was another overcast morning, so more reflection photos.  Mason also took down his skimming board that he got for his birthday to try out. Luckily the blue bottles were all gone, and we only saw one or two for the rest of the holiday.

We headed into the city centre for lunch, and then to the foreshore walkway. Along the walkway they had the Te Kupenga International Stone Sculpture Symposium.  Sculptors from across the world, and New Zealand were making sculptures from the local volcanic rock.  It was a scorching hot day, and they must have been sweltering under the midday sun in their protective gear.

Scootering back to the car past the Len Lye wind wand.

Day Three

Each afternoon the sun would appear from under the clouds and it would turn into a hot day.  The kids enjoyed boogie boarding in the sea, and would spend hours surfing the waves.

The next two days were spent at the beach boogie boarding, and enjoying the waves.  On the last morning I got up early, and walked along the foreshore walkway to the Te Rewa Rewa bridge.  I got there just as the sun was rising, and luckily there was no cloud covering the mountain.  On my next blog post I will share the pictures of the bridge.