Saturday is Preparation Day

New Zealand has many, many beaches including one a few blocks from our flat.  One beach on the northern tip of the north island is 55 miles long. Curiously it is called 90 Mile Beach.  Still 55 miles of uninterrupted white sand beach is a long beach!  Below are a few beach pictures. We have long been beach combers and love to collect sea shells. With so many beaches we decided to collect only one shell from each beach visit.

Fun Facts:  New Zealand has some extremely large trees, Kauri for example. The average price of a home in Auckland is $860,000 NZD.  Unlike the one pictured below, most houses are modest and older.  An average home in Smithfield transplanted to Auckland would sell for over $1,000,000 NZD. One of the nicest beaches close to Auckland is Omaha Beach (pictured above with its yellow flowers) not to be confused with the famous D-day beach in France. Below is a picture of Takapuna Beach near our flat.