Cape Reinga Lighthouse was built in 1941. In 1998, it became fully automated and there was no longer any need for lighthouse keepers. Today, it still serves its function as a lighthouse. It took 6 photos to compose below panorama. You can catch a glimpse of the
giant sand dunes again on the bottom right corner.
Cape Reinga is at the northern tip of
North Island and
Bluff (indicated on the yellow signpost) is at the southern end of
South Island. Between them, a long journey and I traveled that distance in May-June 2006.
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Cape Reinga Lighthouse, May 2006Off the cape, you can see where the
Pacific Ocean meets the
Tasman Sea. This meeting of the seas produces very choppy waters. Do you see the two persons at the bottom right corner of the photo? Take note of their size and you can imagine how huge those white frothy waves are!
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Pacific Ocean meets the Tasman Sea
Cape Reinga, May 2006
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