Today we had to get up really early because we were going to hot water beach. It is called hot water beach because if you dig a hole in the sand in the right place it will fill up with hot water. You can only get the hot water when the tide is low which is why we had to get up early. It is hot because below the sand there are hot rocks which warm the water. When the water is warm it rises to the surface.

The first hole we dug was quite cold and then we found someone with a hot pool and we started to dig next door to them. The neighbouring pool was very hot, you could see the hot water flowing into it from underneath the sand.

When we put our hands under the sand of our pool, it was really hot. After a while the waves eliminated our pools with a big destroying splash. We went to get dry and then had a big breakfast of pancakes.

Later we went to Cathedral Cove, it is called that because there is a big stone arch at the beach. We went for a swim and then stood under a waterfall to shower after the swim.
In the evening I went for another swim and I helped Daddy collect mussels from the mussel rock and they were bigger than ones in England. We ate them for dinner.