Freitag, März 16, 2012

Mount Maunganui

Schokokuchen zum Frühstück vor traumhafter Kulisse...was gibt es Schöneres!
Kurze Wanderung auf den Gipfel des Mount Maunganui: schönes Wetter, fantastische Landschaft, tolle Ausblicke!



Sandstrand, so weit das Auge reicht





THE LEGEND OF MAUAO

There were once three mountains that lived in the Hautere Forest overlooking Tauranga Moana. One was Otanewainuku who still stands there today adorned with the tallest trees and beautiful birds. There was also the female mountain Puwhenua, a beautifull hill, clothed in the finest ferns, shrubs and trees of the forest of Tane. The other was a "maunga pononga" or a nameless mountain. The nameless mountain was desperately in love with Puwhenua. However, her heart already belonged to Otanewainuku.

There seemed like no hope for the nameless one who decided to end it all by drowning himself in the Pacific Ocean, "Te Moananui a Kiwa". Calling on the "Patupaiarehe", the" people with magical powers", the nameless one asked them to plait a magical rope and then haul him down towards the ocean. Chanting, they began to haul the nameless one slowly towards the sea, gouging out the valley where the Waimapu River now flows. "Waimapu" means "weeping waters" and is so named after this journey to the sea. The path also created the channel which flows past Tauranga City out to the ocean.

By the time they reached the ocean it was very close to day break. The sun rose fixing the nameless one to that place. Being people of the night, the "Patupaiarehe" fled back to the shady depths of forests but not before giving the name "Mauao" to this mountain which means "caught by the morning sun".

That is the story of how Mauao got his name.



Waihi Beach


"The Secret Garden", ein wunderschönes Café, das man durch eine kleine, unscheinbare Holztür betritt. Dahinter eröffnet sich einem dann ein kleines Paradies auf Erden...



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