Shakespear Regional Park/ Muriwai Beach

19 October 2008
Another day out during a weekend. This weekend, we decided to take a day trip to Auckland and surrounds. We were intrigued by one of the photographs in the travel brochures; a huge photo frame framing a view of the headland and the sea. It seems like an interesting spot to take some photographs. For a start, it is totally different to other scenic lookouts – the usual lookouts will have just a platform or some seating area and that’s it. This one is cool!

We decided to drive there as it is only about 30 minutes drive from Auckland City. The place is called Shakespear (mind you, it really is SPEAR) Regional Park. On the way to the park, we stopped by the i-Site (Tourist information centre) to check out if there are any other interesting spots to visit. Well, the lady told me they have beautiful beaches here, such as Red Beach, Manly Beach, Little Manly (wth?) Beach. Well, we stopped by a few of these ‘nice’ (bitches) beaches and they were crap. Just sand and sea, and quite dirty too, no character at all I thought. We headed straight for the Shakespear Regional Park.

We spent a long time at the photo frame, having the time of our lives snapping and hopping away. The view is so-so but the idea of the photo frame is quite literal, and we love it. After doing all sorts of ‘pattern’ at the frame, we headed to Muriwai Beach again. It’s not far from here anyway, and on the way back to Auckland, we can stop by the Strawberry Ice Cream. Lol. That’s probably the real reason we went there. Nothing much to report again at Muriwai Beach, same old stuff. This time we saw some guys doing kite surfing. That kite costs anywhere from 2-5k easily, and has a span of 5 metres at least. Cool eh? We also saw a brand spanking new Mercedes Benz C-Class with a broken emblem. Not that you care, but just that sometimes you see nice cars getting scratches or stuff you can literally feel the pain. Lol. Anyway, thats about it for the day trip. Check out the strawberry ice cream dudes!