Tauranga and Mount Maunganui

 

 

Me on the mount

Malcolm below the mount

 

Looking south into Tauranga harbour from the mount

 

Looking across the harbour from Omokoroa

 

 

We have spent a week in this area.  First we went to Omokoroa, a peninsula that juts into the Tauranga Harbour (this is a huge expanse of water mostly behind a long island called Matakana Island).  We did a walk around the headland here which is mostly along a mowed strip part of people's gardens so it was almost like being in a park.

Then we went to Tauranga and Mount Maunganui.  The mount is always to be seen in this area so it was good to climb up it and see the views from up there.  At the base of the mount is a hot pool complex where the water is salt, very buoyant.  A great spot for a soak with the mount behind.