Matakana and Goat Island

Trip Start Aug 20, 2009

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Flag of New Zealand Matakana, North Island, New Zealand
Saturday, March 13, 2010

This was originally going to be a weekend in the Coromandel, however, due to accomodation issues the trip was put on hold for another time!

So, we headed north to Matakana for the Saturday markets and then on to Goat Island Marine Reserve.

Highlights:

Finding a new straw hat for Daniel in Matakana - just wish we had got one for Lucy too!

Great coffee

Eels in the river

Trip on the glass bottom boat around Goat Island

Learning some of the history of Goat Island and the mysterious caves within it

Kids snorkelling and finding some big fish

Getting Grandma in the water in my wetsuit!

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Matakana	Dan and his hat!	Goat Island	Looking down
Glass bottom boat	What can you see?	I can see something!	Shark's Mouth Cave
Snapper	The glass bottom	Looking back to shore	The beach
Lucy having fun	Monster from the deep	More digging	What's down here?
The marine reserve	Building sand castles	Grandma in my wetsuit!	Playing in the sea
Fun in the sun	Goat Island	The sun beginning to set	And more
Still playing	The diver	Collection of shells	And more
Dan climbing	Dan relaxing	Sitting in my tree	Look at me
I can dance	Cutie	Cheeky	Lucy having fun
A little cutie