top of the coromandel to ya!

The weather finally cleared up and we were able to do some camping... some very remote camping... We took the long gravel road to the top of the Coromandel as far as it would go and then set up our tent with nothing but the ocean in sight (and of course sheep... you can't escape them).


The drive up there was gorgeous -- bright blue ocean and rolling green hills. We did a bit of tramping around once we got to the top (there's an 8 hour round trip hike that will connect you to the road that you would eventually hit if there were more roads up near the top - but instead of roads NZ wants you to hike it... typical...) but mainly just relaxing and enjoying our view.




We literally were the only people there so it was nice to have the peace and quiet and the top of the Coromandel to ourselves for a bit... although there was a dead puffer fish on the beach which was pretty awesome -