Waihi Beach Lodge Entrance signs

Some local visitors to Waihi Beach Lodge have trouble finding our front door and door bell.The fact that we have sign up stating "Entrance" with the door bell just underneath just goes over certain peoples heads so that  they just walk into the house or stand in the entrance way or walk up the side of the house. May be they have a blank moment- who would know??

We have had visitors walk up two flights of stairs into the guest lounge and apologise for being there and ask where reception is despite us having well appointed signs at reception and another sign advising that if there was no one at reception please ring the door bell.It's quite baffling as we have tried to make it easy for people especially guests to find their way round. It's not as if our front door is small - its much larger than most front doors.

Guests - most from overseas - actually find the front door and door bell easily ! For more information on Waihi Beach www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz/photos.

Silly season parking

Was in the village today for a coffee with friends and saw some classic holiday parking - " I'm ok" is the attitude and bugger anyone else. What this image does not show clearly is the sign on the garage saying "No parking at all times - keep clear" The car in question had no one waiting with it or hazzard flashers going - she be right was alive and well!

The other day I was coming into the village and some one had parked their vehicle one out from the kerb , over a drive way and abandoned it with the hazzard flashers going - every one else driving through the village had to drive around the vehicle - more consideration for others would not go astray silly season or not.

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Guests - seeing Southern Coromandel

We recently recieved a Xmas card from a couple of guests from the US thanking us for giving them good advice on what to see and do on the way down to Waihi Beach. These guests were arriviing on an early flight and wondered what they could see and do on the way down from the Auckland Int'l airport.

Our advice was to take time out for a leisurely walk in the Karangahake gorge and get some fresh air and enjoy the great scenery thats available in the gorge and follow that with lunch at the Ohinemuri Winery restaurant - we advised them to try the seafood chowder as it was legendry.

When our guests arrived they were eover the moon with our suggestions - they loved the gorge with its natural beauty and gold mining history and they really enjoyed the winery lunch including the seafood chowder. One of the guests has family in the seafood business back in the US and she was able to ring her dad and tell him she had found a restaurant that made better seafood chowder that they could in San Fransisco - "the best ever".

The thanks we received in person and in the Xmas card was quite humbling as we were just doing what we do in making guests aware of Southern Coromandel and what it has to offer.

For more info on cafes in and around Southern Coromandel - www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz/links.html

Honest Kiwis at Waihi Beach

A friend of Ali's called in last night to report his torpedo missing. A keen fisherman who regularly fishes at Waihi Beach - put out his torpedo and line but on retreaval all he got back was his line and 8 hooks and his torpedo missing. We advised him to alert the coastguard and the police just in case there was a torpedo handed in.

Great news this morning he called in again to report some one further along Seaforth Rd had found his torpedo washed up on the beach - found his ID inside the torpedo and contacted him - good news all round - there are plenty of honest people about - you don't hear of the often enough.

For more info on torpedo fishing  www.waihibeachlodge.co.nz/activities.html

Top Cone at Waihi Beach

This is the best effort seen todate - not sure how or who but a top effort. Better let aircraft traffic control know to warn all low flying aircraft coming in and landing at the Waihi Beach International Airport.
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Cones at Waihi Beach

Top effort over the new year period to the person(s) who achieved this - in the cold light of day not sure it would have been achieved.

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Overseas Guests

Amazing the information you find out from guests and the range of different occupations that they do.

In the last few days we have had a master of wine who also has an MBA and was a qualified accountant but found auditing bvoring so by chance took up with a mate an interest in wine at night school - many years later the rest is history. He has had a masters of wine for sometime and has been travelling to NZ for many years and loves our country and our wine.Ali & I had the pleasure of sharing a pinot noir & a chardonay from his winery in France - just great drinking - we had a special night.

Another guest from the UK was born in NZ but has lived in the Uk for approx 30 years but also had stints in the US, Ireland and Australia - he was in logistics but his dad was in NZ years as a nazi hunter trying to track down nazi's who had fled Germany and were supposedly hiding here  from the authorities. What's more they found quite a few living in NZ - who would have ever believed it.

Also we had a young musician and her partner stay with us for a few nights and she opened for the great

B B King on tour in the US on many occasions.

And we had a kiwi couple turn up on a Harley - they had decided to go for a ride and then saw Waihi Beach, got accommodation with us , bought Fat Freddy's Drop tickets and stayed the night. They were fashion store retailers from Pukekohe. Great to be a kiwi!

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