Waihi Beach Lodge - Trip Advisor Excellence Award 2012

Recently we received a Trip Advisor Excellence award for 2012 - We are both humbled and very pleased that guests have felt they have been looked after very well.

This award is arrived at by taking the ratings your guests give you when they complete a review after staying at your property and it means that guests have had an excellent experience at your property.As this is a global forum and many of our guests (95%) are international, it reflects well not only on ourselves but Waihi Beach as it covers off their Waihi Beach experience and they have obviously enjoyed it very much.

We treat guests as we would like to be treated and we want them to feel at home

Guests always arrive as strangers but some leave as friends and many keep in contact.

This award affirms our efforts to date but lifts the bar even higher for the future and guest expectations

For more information on accommodation at Waihi Beach Lodge www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz 

More honeymooners for Waihi Beach- this time from Ireland

We recently  hosted a honeymoon couple from Ireland- for her back again to see New Zealand and to show her new husband what a great place New Zealand is - she was here 10 years ago working her way around New Zealand.

All they could both say was what a stunning country we have - the coastline, the countryside etc - it compared very well to Ireland in most ways except that our winter weather was better than their summer weather. I thought winters here at the beach were mild. Where they live in Ireland - 1 hour out of Dublin it can get to minus 5 - 10 degrees in winter.

Huge complments too for the beach - " fancy waking up to that every morning - you would not get any work done" - it says it all

For more information on honeymoons and anniversary packages at Waihi Beach Lodge
www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz/specials.html

Guests come to Waihi Beach but have seen most of NZ

                                           Orakawa Bay Image - Barry Jesney

Over the weekend we have a lovely young couple from Hamilton come and stay to celebrate their 5th anniversary at Waihi Beach. They had not been to Waihi Beach before and so were looking at discovering more of New Zealand.

What impressed us about this young couple ( mid to late 20"s) was that they had taken time to travel around most of New Zealand and had embraced the beauty of our country and knew most parts very well and were proud of what they had seen.

They had also done some OE but really appreciated New Zealand countryside and coastline and thought more kiwis should be doing the same. Former Australian rugby league player Steve Price commented on Intrepid journeys recently he could not understand why Kiwis were in a rush to go to Australia when there was so much to see and do here.

As they were leaving we suggested they take the walk over to Orakawa Bay - a real hidden gem - broadening their knowledge of both Waihi Beach and the New Zealand coastline.

For more information on packages at Waihi Beach Lodge www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz/specials.html

Waihi Beach & the Rena oil spill

It is really pleasing to read in the NZ Herald today that the recovery from the Rena oil spill back in October on Astrolabe reef is going really well.Scientists working on the Rena recovery believe that the Bay of Plenty environment has battled well back from the oil spill disaster.

A group of scientists and academics have been working on a study and say "early results are promising" and they feel that the BOP missed out on the worst of the disaster because salvors managed to get most of the oil off the stricken boat before it had a chance to come ashore.That is a big relief for all in the BOP region!

A key area of concern is still Astrolabe reef where there are valleys, caves and eeep drop offs teeming with marine life. Samples are being collected ansd analysed to determine indications of the effects.

Source NZ Herald June 8th 2012