On our way to New Plymouth we stopped at the Boar's Head track which borders a private farm. We were greeted by a frisky pony. Just after the photo it reared up on it's hind legs and hovered over Simon.
It started out with an upward track. Up and up, past cows, and bird life. It was such a beautiful view!
We then walked into a thick forest. It was noticeably cooler. When we came to the mine, we were warned not to go in because of the risk of a collapse. So we went in. It was a hard rock quartz mine of 1869.
Simon was convinced there were some eyes in the darkness! We found out later (in the New Plymouth museum) the only inhabitants were long legged wetas. They're really cool, heavy, harmless insects.
We tried to find two other mine entrances but we couldn't see them after a bit of poking about. We headed back to the car enjoying the view and sunshine.
We drove into New Plymouth which is a pretty seaside town with a harbour, beaches and a coastal walkway. The walkway is quite organized with maps every kilometre, telling you where you are and what is up ahead. It had points of interest and nice public toilets. I think Gimli could take a lesson on improving our coastal walkway. I don't think Gimli needs sculptures but this is NP's art sculpture called the wind wand.
The coast was pretty with a rugged coast and wind carved rocks.
We finished off a great day, (after a dinner of fish and chips) with a walk into Pukekura Park. Us and 15,000 people! We gathered at the Bowl of Brooklands for an outdoor concert and fireworks for Guy Fawkes Day. The stage was neat because it had a moat in front of it. In the paper the next day it was written that it was the best fireworks ever- anyone had seen! I don't have pictures because the camera died but it will be forever in my mind.
All in all we had a good day out!
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