We had spent the 5 or 6 days 'toing' and 'froing' around New Plymouth driving around one of the most spectacular volcanoes in the world. However if the sun hadn't have come out on our final day here we would have never believed it. It had been obscured by pesky clouds the whole time with only its base being visible.
We woke up on our final morning without a cloud in the sky. We set off to check the surf and suddenly there it is, this huge magnificent volcano (Mount Egmont, 'the mountain' or the 'EGGY' as the locals know it). WOW! It was breath taking. It is known as one of the most attractive volcanoes due to its rare conical shape making it resemble a cartoon volcano (apparently they don't usually look like that). It was used in the film the Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise as it was better looking than the one they were going to use in Japan. It was hard to take your eyes off it which is dangerous when driving. The surf was a great one and it was all the better for having a volcano staring at you every time you looked back to shore. Although for the Scarborough surfers reading this, never use a volcano as your line up!! It's just far too big.
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