Sunshine coast critters and Waihi Beach

Just back from 10 days on the Sunshine coast - great place to relax with some sun on your back. 22 /23 degree days and plenty of swimming - not in the ocean but in a semi heated pool - great all the same.

Running round while we were there were several critters we don't have here at Waihi Beach - thank heavens for that - a blue tongue lizzard and this was a small one. On previous visits we had seen much larger jurassic park like creatures and we kept right way from them - we were told they were harmless but we were totally unfamiliar with them and at first sight they looked a tad prehistoric

What many visitors to NZ and in turn Waihi Beach do not understand is we don't have anything in the wild that is likely to kill you - quite different from Oz where they have snakes and crocs to name a couple