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COROMANDEL LIFE 2017 LATE AUTUMN / WINTER
LET’S ROCK!
Want to start a
Coromandel Rock Club? Contact
Robert Simmons at
Heaven and
Earth Crystal
store at 227 Main
Rd, Tairua. Call 07 864 8875.
“If you want to pursue the fossickers path of happy
madness, it may be worthwhile to join a rock club”,
advises Tairua gemstore owner Robert Simmons (see
article previous page). “There are good clubs in NZ,
and many clubs schedule field trips to the mineral-rich
Coromandel Peninsula, where they would obtain special
access permission from private land owners.”
Club members from Auckland’s North Shore Rockhounds
Club attack a hillside near Colville with shovels and picks
above while \Tauranga Club members search a stream near
Waihi (above right). These guided trips are the safest way
to fossick, and the guides know their rocks.
A happy Alex at right shares his find!
DOWN & WET & DIRTY:
Kiwi rock clubs hunt
on the Coromandel