Amateur Photographer
TAURANGA BAY
Several of our early explorers have had fun naming Cape Foulwind.
In 1642 Abel Tasman the Dutch navigator called it Clyppygen Hoeck (Rocky Corner); Captain Cook an early English explorer, less than impressed with the wind which prevented him from landing, called it Foulwind.
In 1827 the French Dumont Durville called it Les Trois Cloches (the Three Steeples).
One of New Zealand’s most accessible seal colonies can be found just out of Westport on the edge of Tauranga Bay.
Looking left across to Tauranga Bay headland.
Right view to start of walkway to seal colony at Tauranga Bay.
Rocky shoreline towards seal colony at Tauranga Bay.
Tauranga Bay headland looking right.
End of shoreline at Tauranga Bay.
Rocky Islands that are just offshore at Tauranga Bay.
Cake Slice Looking Island off Tauranga Bay.
Bush cover Island stands out at Tauranga Bay.
Ocean view from Tauranga Bay.
Close up of rocky outcrop left end of beach at Tauranga Bay
Ocean waves crashing against rocks at Tauranga Bay
