Part 5: 309 Road

Castle Rock

We woke up about 7a.m. today and checked out at 8a.m. After having breakfast at a cafe, we continued our journey. We have decided to pay 309 Road a visit. The 309 road is a narrow winding gravel road between Whitianga and Coromandel. It stretches about 22km.

Our first stop was called the Castle Rock. Castle Rock is the core of an old volcano that rises above the bush on the backbone of the peninsula.

Meditating on the Magic Carpet?

Yeah, that's the activity we suggest you to do there.. haha

'Flying' on the magic carpet

Maria's car. It was going to rain...

Waiau Falls

Surely enough it rained. We waited for a while in the car before heading off to our next destination - Waiau Falls, which is only about 5 mins away. Once we reached the Waiau Falls, we had to bush walk for about 10 mins before reaching the waterfalls.


After 10 mins of

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Whola!!

I like to see the water. It's so clear and love the tone of the colour so much!!

The water is real cold in here.

After playing for a while at the falls, we went to Kauri Grove, which is about 3 mins drive away from the falls..

Kauri Grove

To witness one of the largest tree in the grove, we need to walk another 10mins...




After 10 mins, this is what we saw:

Magnificent!! Kauri trees are not the tallest in the world being second only to the giant Sequoias of North America, it certainly contains the larger volume of timber. We continued our journey as the signs says that there are Siamese version of Kauri trees..

Tadddaaa!!

At first, these two trees grew up separately. As they grew bigger and bigger, their roots started to merge together. Hence, they are now known as the Siamese Kauri.