Coromandel Gold....the sun came, the mud stayed.

Well Happy New Year to everyone. I spent the summer break down in the Coromandel and on the 30th of December my wife and I ventured to Ohuka Farm in Whitianga for the 4th annual Coromandel Gold music festival. The weather leading up to it was a tad wet, to say the least, so there were a lot of nervous people waiting to see what would happen at 4pm when the festival was to start.

Bring on Ladi 6, or shall we forever now call her the Sun Wrangler. The minute she started playing the rain went away and the sun shone all afternoon, followed by the full moon and the stars in the evening.

The line up for the day we were present was Ladi 6, Channel One Sound System (a UK based Jamaican reggae dub group), Fat Freddy's Drop, Shihad, Shapeshifter and The Upbeats.

Following these photos there are a few photos from Hahei beach of the wonderful night sky on new years day.