Whangerei Falls, New Zealand – What the Hell Photo!
After a half day Sea Kayak trip, I checked out Whangerei Falls as part of The Great Crusade. It’s a nice spot to visit and chill out for a while, and it’s been marketed as one of the most photogenic falls in the Land of Many Sheep.
Quite nice, really!
However, the temperatures were below a chilly 10 degress Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit), but this didn’t stop a brave lass from wanting to swim near the falls – in a bikini!
To give you some context, everyone else was rugged up with polar fleeces to stop a bout of potential pneumonia. Maybe she was from Canada and thought the weather was a bit tropical when compared to where she was from!
Weird!
Anyway, if you’re on the other side of the world from Europe, check out Whangarei Falls.
Actually, that reminds me of a funny poster I saw in a Flight of The Conchords episode. The two lead characters are from New Zealand, and when they visit their dodgey mate at the New Zealand embassy in New York, there is a funny tourist sign that says ‘New Zealand, only 30 hours from New York!
Your picture makes me smile : ) I’m planning an adventure to New Zealand and am definetely checking out Whangerei Falls. By the way, I’m from Canada and no way I’d swim in 10 degree weather!
She must have been an eskimo then! Enjoy NZ, you’ll have a great time!
what a wonderful creature, I want to jump from the top 😀 and shout OMG LoL
haha. Funny comment on the girl in a bikini. I think she is really brave to wear a bikini in that kind of temperature. The falls looks amazing. It would have been great if this falls was in a warmer place. I’ll definitely visit the place but I don’t think I will swim.
I wasn’t game to go swimming – the water looked like it had a very high shrinkage factor!