One of the nicest things about visiting Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty is the combination of two of the greatest holiday pleasures: relaxing at the beach and indulging in great food and coffee. There’s no shortage of cafés in Mount Maunganui, from a selection in the main street to beachfront cafés along Marine [...]
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What could be nicer at the end of the day than soaking in a deliciously hot salt water pool? Right at the base of the Mount, by the camping ground at the northern end of Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty, the Mount Maunganui Hot Salt Water Pools have long been a popular draw-card. [...]
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I’ve heard so much about the fantastic walk to the top of Mauao – the ‘Mount’ for which this place is named – that I’m really keen to try it, and since I’m staying for the weekend, now is the perfect chance. Saturday morning at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty dawns perfectly [...]
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What a gorgeous afternoon at Mount Maunganui! The Bay of Plenty’s favourite beach resort, ‘The Mount’ features a perfect white sand beach, a landmark cone-shaped hill jutting skyward right alongside the apartment buildings, and a myriad of cafés, restaurants, bars and shops just one street back from the water. And, if this isn’t enough to [...]
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At the foot of The Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand’s Pacific Coast Highway is Waihi, a small town with a very rich history. If you’re travelling from Auckland to Tauranga you’ll pass through a series of fascinating towns in the southern Coromandel region and the western Bay of Plenty. There’s Paeroa, the home of New [...]
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What a beautiful Bay of Plenty morning! As I head over the bridge from Mount Maunganui into Tauranga City the water in the harbour is sparkling under a blue sky. Along The Strand, cafés are already filling up with customers sipping their morning coffees in the sunshine. Tauranga is an excellent spot for café-hopping and [...]
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It’s half past four in the afternoon by the time I leave Gisborne and the sun is already low and casting a buttery light across the grape vines as I drive inland. Rather than follow the Pacific Coast Highway north through Tolaga Bay (home of New Zealand’s longest wharf), Te Araroa and Hicks Bay, I’m [...]
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