You have to love it when Big Yellow meets the organiser at the destination, and they say....   do you know about the waterfall!!??   Did you say waterfall!   Here we were thinking we were in for a strut along the beach, but our organiser had this surprise for us.  Waterfall first or last?  First definitely! 

We head north for a short distance, and then you spot the almost amphitheatre shape of the land and there's our waterfall!  Very pretty!   He moves up the well-worn, narrow sandstone track.  And wow, you had to be there!  You'd almost swear you'd transcended countries to Utah!  The colour of the extremely wind beaten sandstone was just incredible and the shapes!   So striking! But wait there's more!   Way hay!  Off we head up the weathered tracks to the lookout, sitting at probably 60-80 metres above sea level.  A nice easy climb and the view, breathtaking!  Mt Taranaki in the distant background, despite the haze and glowering cloud cover! Enjoying the views, all of a sudden one of the group lost their cap in the breeze! 

Track that hat!  The boys took off down the cliff into the scrub after the hat, spotted and retrieved! Enough excitement, the clouds still dark and foreboding, we bear south towards Port Waikato.  Always lots to look at along the beach, fisherman and their catch, 4x4 clubs zooming around the dunes, motor cross bikes pulling stunts, plus a few small dead Sharks and Lemonfish. A bit more of a workout along the sand today, as there were quite a few soft spots!  Much amusement for us all.

Arriving back at Big Yellow, all happy that it didn't rain, other than a few spits, after another totally awesome day out with the club! Cheers Imogen.