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Cape Reinga

Newest Review: ... I went with managed to find a small stream at the bottom of the dunes, and all hopes of stopping before a splash landing "rapidly" disappeared as I was hurtling towards it. Good fun though. At Cape Reinga itself, is a small white lighthouse alongside one of those touristy signs giving directions and distances to various capital cities. Directly below the lighthouse is the Columbia Bank where the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet. Since I had been persuaded to take this trip on the grounds that the "meeting of the oceans" really was a spectacular sight, I... more

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Cape Reinga: The Meeting of the Oceans (525 words)
by bluebirdy - written on 09/03/04 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Cape Reinga is at the Northern tip of New Zealand on the Aupouri peninsula. I recently made the trip to Cape Reinga, after being talked into it by other travellers who had been and could not believe I was happy to leave it out. I started from my base in the Bay of Islands at Paihia, getting one of the many coach tours on offer. The drive along Ninety Mile Beach (in order to reach Cape Reinga), is a must. If only because it is rather unusual to gaze out of the window and have sea on one side and beach on the other. Another must is the often obligatory sand ...

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