We stopped at Waihi bay on the eastern side of the Coromanel peninsula and both got up to watch the sunrise, Helen from the 'expensive' each views room we chose and I with the camera down at the beach, only 150m away. We had a slow start to the day and proceeded to Cathedral Cove as a main stop and had a look at the neaby thermal beach springs that were so crowded we decided not to try. We drove north and crossed to run down the western side of the Coromadels before stopping just north of Thames at sunset.