Mt Maunganui ferry

We spent a week in Taurange during the early part of January. We had a holiday house - a two bedroom suburban unit - on the west side of the city, and every day we drove over the bridge to Mt Maunganui to swim.

(Before you ask, no, there's no toll on the bridge anymore.)

Fabulous swimming, by the way. Perhaps it always is, but it was hot hot weather, and not the wind we are used to here. We tried several points on Long Beach, but settled on a favourite some 5 minutes drive from the Mount.

One day I took the girls on the ferry from the Mount to Tauranga. It's about 25 minutes I think, and gave a different view of the city and port.

I like this view of the mount (above), with the series of pine trees as a counterpoint to the mount itself.

And one of the older three girls (a good one of Katie) to show they were really there.





Bern took the car round and met us at the end. That's him leaning on the wharf.