{"id":195,"date":"2007-12-22T22:16:37","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/2007\/12\/22\/beach-and-bush\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:10:01","slug":"beach-and-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheresjo.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Beach and Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been in NZ for 12 days now. The first couple of days were spent de-jet lagging. Brother Paul and Sister Sue arrived on Saturday and we did a walk over to Cathedral Cove. It\u2019s a pleasant 30-minute walk to a gorgeous beach with chocolate box scenery. We all did the posey thing for photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc028651.jpg' title='dsc02865.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02865.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02865.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hunted around for a geocache, which we found easily.<\/p>\n<p>On the walk back we stopped for a few more posey photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc028621.jpg' title='dsc02862.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02862.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02862.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc028861.jpg' title='dsc02886.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02886.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02886.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next stop was Hot Water beach. This is a fun beach where you dig in the sand in search for hot water, then jump around screaming cos you got scolded. We took our spade to dig a big Jacuzzi, but every time we got a decent hole happening, the surf would come in and flood it. It was loads of fun until a blue bottle jellyfish stung Sue. We were a bit reluctant to go back in the water after this.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc028911.jpg' title='dsc02891.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02891.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02891.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc028951.jpg' title='dsc02895.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02895.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02895.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/dsc029061.jpg' title='dsc02906.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/dsc02906.thumbnail.jpg' alt='dsc02906.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday we went bush to Puketui, an old gold mine, just a short drive from Mum and Dads. We visited an old jail in a cave, that has some interesting remains.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/img_19491.jpg' title='img_1949.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/img_1949.thumbnail.jpg' alt='img_1949.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/img_19501.jpg' title='img_1950.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/img_1950.thumbnail.jpg' alt='img_1950.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> We went into dark caves and did some weta spotting. Wetas are big ugly spider type things that live in caves. We also spotted some glowworms.<\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon we went to Sailors Grave for some boogie boarding. Paul showed us how to catch penny doctors. These are ugly little bugs that live in the dirt.<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/wheresjo.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/img_19721.jpg' title='img_1972.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/__oneclick_uploads\/2007\/12\/img_1972.thumbnail.jpg' alt='img_1972.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been in NZ for 12 days now. The first couple of days were spent de-jet lagging. Brother Paul and Sister Sue arrived on Saturday and we did a walk over to Cathedral Cove. 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