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The white is shell fragments due to the special type of beach. I found this information on it: "A shell barrier beach is a prograded coastal plain comprising shell fragments and coarse sand that is moved by longshore drift and carried landwards through wash action to form bars on the foreshore (Woodroffe et al. 1983). They are globally rare. The largest in New Zealand, at Miranda, is the only one in the world still aggrading. The shells are mainly those of little neck clams"

They have a series of gardens located on the Waikato river, beautiful place!

Almost as nice as living on the shores of a Manitoulin lake, eating home made maple syrup!! ;)

Yes there is a pretty good tidal change in water level here. This video is taken from across a stream that empties into the ocean. The sandbar you see between the stream and the island is the actual beach. The beach has a fairly decent drop off to the water at low tide. From my vantage point sitting on the branch if someone walked across the sand toward the island they would disappear from view as soon as they started down the slope to the water. The area of sand where the stream empties into the ocean changes pretty much daily and we have seen changes in the sand (from year to year due to storms) where there is several feet of sand difference. If you look at the New Chums beach walk video you can see the tops of rocks exposed where you have to cross the stream to start the walk around to New Chums beach. This year when we first went to Whangapoua beach the rocks were completely covered in sand so you could cross the stream in only a couple of cm's of water at low tide instead of a foot or more and there were no exposed rocks till you got all the way to the end of the beach. By the time we left the area the tops of the rocks were beginning to be exposed again and the stream was around 6 inches deep to cross at low tide and you had to be careful not to stub a toe on a rock.

It is called Uenuku Te Pou Tipua o Tūroa. Put this into google: R9FV+PR National Park, New Zealand

National Park by Mount Ruapehu

When I win the next lottery! 😆👍

Apparently you are not allowed to pick them wild, they are protected in the wild, but you can buy them farmed.

Anyone up for a swim?? LOL

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder LOL

Anyone up for a swim?? LOL