Hidden beach

Of course I had to forget my camera on our first beautiful sunny summer beach geocache! We went to JFK Reserve, which is on Beach Road in Castor Bay. They recently put up a new playground, and what a playground it is! It's got a fantastic rope-y construction which you can climb. And even more fun, they've put in one of those old-fashioned roundabout things. Remember the ones where you all sit in a circle and you have to push it with your hands to go round? The kids had a great time!

After a long play, we did manage to get the kids to focus on the geocache. The walk took us through the park, past the bunkers and towards a beautiful lookout onto Rangitoto and the harbour. The park itself is on the cliff-tops, but there's a stairs (newly built) that takes you down to the beach. Hidden from view, and I guess, not many people know about it. After finding the geocache, we went down for a picnic and play at the beach.

What a great day we had and what a great beginning to our summer geocaching!

Such a shame I didn't get to take any pictures of the day :-(