A Day Out

 

My monthly excursions out of the city have not been happening this year, but today I made up for that and went north to visit Waiuku, a small township near Pukekohe.  I had an ulterior motive for my visit – there were some graves in the cemetery there that I wanted to photograph.

After all the rain we have had the last ten days, today was gloriously fine and sunny and a perfect day for wandering around a cemetery!

Then it was a ten minute drive west to Karioitahi Beach (don’t ask me how you pronounce it!!) on the coast, where I enjoyed lunch while looking out at the Tasman Sea.

The tide was on the turn and the waves were rather turbulent.  I watched one extra large wave rush up the beach, so avoided getting too close to the water!

Many of the waves were a dirty brown colour from all the sand sediment that was being churned up.

From there, it was a pleasant drive through countryside to reach Clarks Beach on the Manukau Harbour.  Not much to see here except Auckland Central on the horizon and a proliferation of large expensive-looking homes.

Just up the road was the Waiau Pa Cemetery (more photographs!).  It was situated beside this charming Presbyterian Church that was built in 1914.

Tonight we have another Chiefs rugby match to watch, and then I am looking forward to a quiet weekend enjoying some of the forecast sunny weather.

Might even get out in my garden for a while 😊

Margaret.