{"id":11478,"date":"2024-01-21T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T10:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/?p=11478"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:48:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T03:48:49","slug":"holiday-day-4-matai-falls-lost-gypsy-tautuku-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2024\/01\/holiday-day-4-matai-falls-lost-gypsy-tautuku-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday – Day 4 – Matai Falls, Lost Gypsy, Tautuku Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Purakaunui Bay in the morning<\/p><\/div>\n

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After a little drive we come across a sign saying ‘Matai Falls<\/a>‘, so we stop and decide to visit said falls<\/p><\/div>\n

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The falls from another angle<\/p><\/div>\n

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The trail to the falls<\/p><\/div>\n

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I think a farmer left a gate open which I immediately used to drive up as high as I could to be greeted with this awesome view at the top<\/p><\/div>\n

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In Papatowai we see this, what could it be?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Well, it’s the Lost Gypsy<\/a> Gallery bus<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ths bus has “Free entry for Earthlings”, it’s my lucky day!<\/p><\/div>\n

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An incredibible amount of stuff in the bus<\/p><\/div>\n

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To see everything in the bus you’d need a few hours<\/p><\/div>\n

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We paid the $10 entry fee to the actual gallery and had a look at all the stuff there, it was interesting and entertaining<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel is ordering a coffee<\/p><\/div>\n

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So many things to see here<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the gypsy we go for a walk on Papatowai Beach<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Rachel contemplating a swim?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tautuku Bay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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We would like to visit the Cathedral Caves and hope to be able to get there via this beach (otherwise you have to pay the maori a stupid amount to be allowed to cross their precious land to access the beach which itself is on public land)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Unfortunately the caves turn out to be on the next beach and you can’t drive there. On the other end of Tautuku Bay we find the Tautuku Peninsula and it turns out only maori are allowed to go on the peninsula, how racist! These privileged maori drive there when the tide is low, about an hour after the photo was taken the water would be low enough for them to drive their 4WD on to the peninsula<\/p><\/div>\n

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What a beauty!<\/p><\/div>\n

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We end the day with a visit to the Niagara Falls<\/a>!<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’ve been her before so I knew what to expect (nothing)<\/p><\/div>\n

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I wonder how many tourists would actually expect something similar to the real Niagara Falls<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n