Another beautiful day in paradise, what can possibly go wrong? Nothing. Well, standing at the bottom of Mount Maunganui, I think maybe, just maybe, Zoe may have underestimated how long it will take us to get to the top.

Now it is a pretty steep climb from the off but you get some fabulous views on the way up..

There was a gentle amble (more like scramble) back down and then sustenance in the pub.

A stroll around the town (they didn’t have Julies size in the shoe she wanted – saved me a fortune!) before returning to the beach. Saw another ray in the shallows but wasn’t able to get a picture.

We then returned to our fabulous air B&B.

Tomorrow we are off to Rotorua.