Koutu Boulders

Along the Hokianga Harbor, there is a stretch of beach that contains some interesting rock formations called the Koutu boulders. My mother-in-law and I walked along the beach and it took us the best part of two hours. 

Most sites say it's an 'easy' walk if you go two hours either side of low tide. Maybe if you're 25 and have done a decathlon or two. But for two, ahem, older gentleladies who were looking for a stroll down the beach, not so much. 

But we were determined to clamber over rocks and get to the other end--mostly, because we didn't think we could get back up the steep bank that we came down from the car. 

And, by golly, we can say we walked from one end to the other!

I didn't see any 20 foot-tall concretions like they said we would (whoever 'they' are), but some were pretty big. I am 6 feet tall (that's me in the blue) and several were taller than me. I hope you enjoy the views.

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wai-iti beach

These photos were taken by Hubby and me today. Like most of the beaches in Taranaki, the coastline is covered with shallow caves. Wai-iti has one that is quite large. That's 6'4" Hubby inside. I don't expect it to be there for long as most of the rocks and boulders are chunks of the Papa clay coast that have eroded and fallen onto the beach.

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More Waipipi beach shots

For those with questions from yesterday's post of Waipipi beach, the caves are very shallow. They are made of  Papa  clay (click for more info) (which makes up much of the New Zealand seacoast) which erodes causing the ground above to become unstable and fall onto the beach--the 'rocks' you see in some of the photos below.

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