If you have plenty of time, ohope beach is a good choice. It is only an hour and 20 minutes drive from Rotorua. It is not like the beach in Auckland. There are few people here. The sun is full. The beach is leisurely strolling. Feeding birds and digging fins to catch crabs. The pier fishing is far from the city. On a sunny day, I drove the car to the end of the beach (the entrance of the Gove Club) without any lights. The Milky Way was clearly visible. I was lucky to see the meteor. My friend and I have been to 3 times and saw the meteor 2 times. I don’t have to go to Tekapo Lake on the South Island.
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If you have plenty of time, ohope beach is a good choice. It is only an hour and 20 minutes drive from Rotorua. It is not like the beach in Auckland. There are few people here. The sun is full. The beach is leisurely strolling. Feeding birds and digging fins to catch crabs. The pier fishing is far from the city. On a sunny day, I drove the car to the end of the beach (the entrance of the Gove Club) without any lights. The Milky Way was clearly visible. I was lucky to see the meteor. My friend and I have been to 3 times and saw the meteor 2 times. I don’t have to go to Tekapo Lake on the South Island.
Few people relax in a daze on the beach, isolated taste.