Simon and I decided to go up to Coromandel to do some tramping since the mountain was gonna be crowded and icy. It is school holidays... Ben and Mel were going to stay at Mel's parents place in Whangamata for the weekend and invited us to stay as well. On Friday night the mission started. Simon and I did some shopping and came to work and made coffees then headed out to Whangamata. We got there, watched the OC and hung out for a little then went to bed.
Saturday morning Simon and I got up and left for Mt. Moehau at about 7:15 am. We arrive at the track and started walking at 9:45. Nice drive up the Coromandel coast during the sunrise.
The track started in a paddock again, but it wasn't nearly as muddy as last week. It soon ascended into the thick native bush and we had a steep climb pretty much the rest of the track. There were a few points along a ridge that flattened out, but for the most part it was steep. Finally, when we go to the end of the track there was a sign saying that it was sacred Maori land and we could not go further. We couldn't get right to the top of the mountain. That sucked, but the views were awesome. We could see Waiheke Island, Rangitoto and even the city of Auckland.
After completing the track we drove back to Whangamata and chilled out with Ben and Mel for a while. Jade and Amanda showed up then we went to some girl's 21st. Simon and I pretended that we knew her and that we met her years ago. She was like, "Oh Yeah... I remember your faces...". Stupid girl. We made the night pretty fun just being nuts.
In the morning we had a relaxing breakfast then headed out at about noon. Simon and I stopped in the Karangahake Gorge and did a walk there up to Dicky Flat. There were a lot of goldmines and stuff along the track and we explored a few. One was a tunnel through the side of the gorge for about 300m or more.
That was the weekend...
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