Currently we're living in Genevieve's garage, just a quick jaunt from the beach and a bit of a jog from The Mount. Mount Mauganui is settled at the end of a sort of peninsula and accounts for a very large strip of beach, shops, homes, and businesses just over the bridge from the port city of Tauranga. Tauranga City population doubles during the busy summer months (during Christmas and New Year's... Christmas in summer, ha) and it's not difficult to see why. That is if you enjoy surfing and sunshine. The climb up the mount is steep and scenic and takes about 45 minutes... but there's like 378 million paths to take up and down with various levels of incline as well as an unbelievable variety in scenery. We walked up though sheep strewn meadows and descended through jungle-like forest. And the jog to the base isn't bad either, that is if you don't mind jogging along the beach in sunny spring weather, ew, ha.
My verdict? Totally looking forward to the regular sexy leg workout. Duh.
So come take the first climb with us...
Shark Collins, why is your shirt tucked in like a child at daycamp?
i think a meteor struck this spot. It's the only obvious explanation.
The harbor where you can wade in and collect your own mussels... dinner?
Before the climb gets too steep there are benches and picnic tables located in some great viewing spots.
Mama sheep and babies. They make the weirdest noises you've ever heard.
New Zealand boasts more sheep than people. 4:1. Seriously.
Sea Sheep. Wild Sea (zombie?) Sheep.
Ah! You're so tiny! Lambs leap instead of walking.
Mark named him Elmer. And then promptly tried to pull some gunk off of his belly. To which i informed him was actually its shriveled umbilical cord that hadn't fallen off yet.
i guess we could get used to this.
Hang gliders. They come within feet of the mount.
Almost to the top...
Team NZ on top of their mountain, in front of their city.
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