An afternoon at Te Henga

We went to Bethells Beach* for the afternoon.  I picked that beach because it's a short drive.  A place that's easy to just pop on over for a whim of a swim.   However, upon seeing the rough surf that day...

...and that the Lifesaving Club had apparently turned up en masse to pluck out the drowners...

... and that even the rescue helicopter made an appearance...

...we decided to leave the water play for the grownups...

...and just enjoy the scenery.

Besides, we had the whole river outlet to play in!



And lots of tiny private beaches that we could swim to.

*The Maori name Te Henga means 'The Sands', which makes me giggle because it's the Captain Obvious of beach names.