Local beaches and items of interest

With the sand running through our hourglass rapidly, we go every day to walk 3-4 miles on one of the many beaches. We see many people also walking, but often times, there is no one else around because there are so many beaches on which to walk. This was along our walk yesterday, Wednesday, March 29th. Many of the beach front property owners get artistically creative to offer passersby a place to pause and enjoy.  This picture was on our walk from the north end of Milford Beach to the south end of Takapuna Beach and return, which is 5 miles long.

The next pictures are from the beach at Long Bay regional park where we stopped for lunch.  There were very few people around as you can see from the picture looking down the beach. This walk was about 2.5 miles.

After we left Long Bay, we stopped at a small-town beach, Waiake, and witnessed more school classes in the water. Some were receiving advanced kayaking lessons while others were learning the techniques of proper sailing.

The motorized inflatable boats were used by the instructors to ride along near the students to call out the instructions.

Part of learning to sail was also learning how to upright your rig if the wind tipped you over.

I found this next picture interesting. It is the NZ postal service delivering mail in their vehicle.