Sandboarding Bethells Dunes and Swimming Holes at Lake Wainamu - WEST AUCKLAND NZ
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- Lake Wainamu lies within the Waitakere Ranges in West Auckland, very close to the beautiful black sand Bethells Beach (aka Te Henga).
There is a looped track around Lake Wainamu and great tall sand dunes which are super fun to sand board down. Just remember that the steeper slope you go, the more challenging and tiring the climb back up is! We heard that cardboard doesn't work so well on these slopes so opted for a cheap body board with a smooth underside.
You can reach the lake via a stream walk that you simply follow all the way around (NB: your feet will get wet most of the way) or you can cross over the stream and go via the sand dune but note that there are sections of it which are on private property which should be respected.
We chose to go via the sand dunes so that we would be already at the top ready for our sandboarding fun. Also as it's black sand, it can get extremely hot in sunny weather so wear proper shoes. We wore jandals/sandals and the black splash was at times scorching.
There is no cellphone reception there and parking is pretty limited so park considerately or use the overflow parking further down the road. The closest toilets are at Bethells beach which is about 2 mins away by car or about a 10 min walk.
The cascading waterfall is located about halfway around the Lake Wainamu track and if you go up to the further levels like we did, be careful with your footing.
Ramen Station is located in New Lynn so it was about 40 mins drive from Lake Wainamu carpark. With Peter's dish he ordered extra chashu (pork slices) and extra corn. The ramen dishes were a yummy treat after a fun but tiring day out at Bethells.
Ramen Station
Address: 42 Totara Avenue, New Lynn, Auckland 0600
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VLOG DATE: 23 Nov 2021
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haha i am up late tonight , so its my peter and yen fix before i sleep great vid guys and my list of places to visit just gets longer and longer . love ramin myself so mouthwatering stuff , take care look forward to next week
Hello Barry! Haha we were pleasantly surprised to see your early message today 😁🙌 The ramen was so good after a day of so much activity and fun 🍜😊 Hope you have a good night 😴 Take care!
You two are so nice, you remind me of my high school friends, the good old days when we just hang out together and have a laugh and eat something when we are hungry :)
Haha thanks Annie! 😊 Those are the wonderful simple joys in life huh? Good company and good food! It's the best 🙌😁 Btw have you tried sandboarding before?
Not sure why but this video was super therapeutic to me, it might have been all the sunshine, or the dog, or to see Peter eating delicious looking food again lol, but this video made my weekend that much better, thanks again for another amazing video guys I'm already looking forward to your next one.
Aw thank you! It was an awesome chilled out day.. summer kinda vibes! 🥰 Hope you'll enjoy the next vlog too 😁
@@PeterandYen You're welcome and I'm sure I will, already looking forward to it ^_^
Have we told you guys we loooove waterfalls??
Peter took full advantage of the waterfalls. Awesome!
Ramen is closing a wonderful day. Love Ramen, and as you guys know Lieles has sweet spot for anything noodles.
We also call it Naruto hahaha
We are on chicken and brocoli and chicken and green beans now, so we are going to go watch that video of Peter routine now. Wish us luck!
Aww good luck guys!! Haha funny that you call those things Naruto too.. I wonder what's the proper name for them 😂
@@PeterandYen we should find out before we go to Japan 😂
Yen's giggles of joy as she slides down the sand dune are just pure food for the soul!
Hahahaha my little squeals of delight 🤣 it was going a nice slow speed then picked up some momentum further along! If only the way back up had a cheat escalator 😂😂😂
Yay! Awesome guys! Always looking forward to your videos :) Im not even in the half yet but I know Im going to like it completelly.
So brave to do sand boarding with such burning sand! Hugs to both of u
Thank you Kristie 😁 ya it was soo hot at some places! Thankfully not on the slopes itself where we were sliding coz I guess it was a bit more shaded.. but even on the walk over the dune there was a few times I just took a lil break on the board to cool my feet from the sand 😅
Oh hey Sophie 😻 what an unexpected adorable welcome hehe. The landscape is insane guys! So beautiful. It reminds us of the movie "Dune" without the battles 👻
😁 yeah Sophie was so cute and a great way to be greeted on arrival ❤
Hi Peter&Yen
Sliding down the sand just awesome followed buy dip the waterfall.
Great video.I don't eat pork but the actions from Peter while having a mouthful of ramen just mouthwatering.👍.
Have a pleasant day to both of you.
It was so much fun! Have you done sandboarding before? Definitely awesome that the falls were there too 🙂👍 made for such a great day out in the sun. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 👋
Sophie’s welcome is such a treat and the call 😀🙏🏻
The dip at both waterfalls looks so refreshing, after the hard work climbing back up the slopes
Another good Sunday wake up video
Thanks guys
She was the cutest! So friendly and just wanted cuddles and rubs ☺️ we're glad we were able to reunite her with her owner though! She kept ducking around the cars which worried us.
Such a fantastic place and combo having those dunes and waterfalls to play in! Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for always leaving us a comment 🙂👋
Haha Sophie is such a cutie! She reminds me of our dog, she always wants to jump into any open car 😅
😂 such a shock to open the door and find her there. Great way to start the day
Yen's always doing great at first time! Peter looks great as well with beard! 😂
Hahaha thank you! I was so surprised my sitting technique even worked 🤣 first and only time seeing Peter with a beard 😂😂😂
You guys are always up for a grand adventure whether relatively close to home or some place exotic all the while bringing the fun factor 😀
Haha thanks Daryl! 😊 Auckland borders will be opening soon so at least we'll be able to travel around the country again and then next year who knows maybe we'll make it overseas again 🤞🙂 just gotta roll with things ay?
@@PeterandYen fingers crossed 🤞. Whatever happens I know you guys will keep up your high vlog standards! 😀
Thank you! We'll do our best 🙏 it's not the easiest keeping up weekly content with the restrictions so always appreciate the support you (and our other regular viewers) show us ❤️🙂 helps to keep us going and just wanted to say a sincere thank you from us both!
@@PeterandYen I don't know if you guys know how to do a bad or uninteresting vlog. Thanks to you guys for the great content 👏 👌
A dip at the pool is definitely rewarding, you guys did so much exercise in this video 😆 and ending it with ramen! 😍
😂 yeah didn't expect to exercise so much but the day was a lot of fun. The waterfalls were a perfect place to have a dip 👌
I already passed the half and omg Peter, u're so brave to take a bath in the waterfall, I bet the water was cold! Well I guess kiwis are used to that temperature. Greetings guys! Thanks for your videos.
Haha he really enjoyed it coz it was so hot and he did lots of run ups up the dune! It did get chilly as the afternoon went by tho. Thanks for watching and dropping us some comments too 😊👍👋
Looks very exciting 👏
It was loads of fun 😊 tumbles and all!
The dip at waterfall looks so relaxing. A much needed thing to do after that sandboarding 👍🏻👍🏻
Oh man you picked great food after. The ramen looks super delicious 😍
The soupless ramen is very interesting, look at Peter’s reaction 🤩
Yea super cool to have a lake and waterfalls nearby the dunes! Nature at its best and most fun 😁👍 ramen totally hit the spot after the exhaustion of climbing back up the dune 😅 bodies were aching for days after hahaha
Hi Peter ,Hi Yen, I ♥️your vlog . Hey Yen I think you out performed Peter on the Bogie Board hands down ...?😂😂😂, You did the right thing by sitting on it , I believe , You deserve a new camera. Peter is kinda to long to lay on the board . That place is so pretty to visit , You would never forget it . Dinner looked amazing....😋😋😋, Like Peter said that hit the spot for sure. ♥️You guys please be safe ..🙏🙏
Hahahaha yes yen totally owned me at this... I got covered in sand plus waaaaay slower. It's all good though the water hole made it all better 😂
This looks like so much fun
It's so cool! One of those places not that many know about either 🙂 awesome to have dunes and waterfalls together in one place!
OH YESS I have been there it is so good for sandboarding. I really want to go back there soon. It was like 2 days ago when i asked my parents if we could go back there
Hopefully you'll get the chance to go again 🙂 good luck! 🍀🍀
beautiful and great adventure
Loads of fun for sure!
Its a very low key episode today but its cool ✌️😎✨
Those sand dunes makes me a kid again
& its fun seeing you guys play in the sand.
Peter really looks nice with a beard 😎💖
& those waterfalls made it a balance with a hot weather plus the Ramen is good to end your day 🎉😎
Catch you later guys
Haha thanks Nikki never too old to play in the sand 🤣 it was so much fun! Have you tried sandboarding before? 🙂
@@PeterandYen never but i want to try it soon
Running back up to the sand dunes are the biggest workout. So much fun going down but goshhh going up is sooo tiring hahaa
Oh my goodness right?? My body was sore for like 2 or 3 days after 😂😂😂 (yen here btw)
You sure make food look good! Enjoy your vlogs guys 😊
Thanks Tanya 😁👋 this spot was particularly nice
You guys are so calm , all your videos and very calming ,it was quite funny how Yen just smokes the run on her first time and Peter not so much. Good going guys.
😁 thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah... Yen surprised me with her boogie boarding technique hahaha
@@PeterandYen I love you guys , you make me happy !!!!
Oh my gosh taking that cold dip water is the besttttt💯 wonder why yen didnt join lol
I only went in thigh high 😅 had our gears to look after plus there were actually a lot of boys in the pools! We just avoided videoing most except for the ones we chatted with to use their jumps lol 😆
It's a great to have a dip in the water after sand boarding. Good on Yen for not getting and 'sand' beard 😅. Then nothing beat a warm ramen dish on cold weather. It's a comfort food, maks ur tummy happy 😀
Sure does! Hahaha thanks I was not wanting a sand beard or meal of sand 😆 ⏳
@@PeterandYen but Peter loves his new beard 😅
I really enjoyed seeing you doing sandboarding as I did that at the 90 Mile Beach in Northland this year
Ooo that would've been amazing! There's some extra tall dunes out at 90 mile beach! Did you use a body board too? Which technique did you do? 😂
@@PeterandYen because I went on a tour of the 90 Mile beach which included a trip also the Cape Reinga the tour company provided us with Sandboards which made it easier for sandboarding. The technique I used was to lie down forward with your 2 legs up in a vertical position to get the maximum speed. Then to slow down you would let your legs down on the sand dune. So to speed up you have your legs vertical and to slow down you have your legs down on the sand.
Ahh that's clever! They'd know the best techniques too if they run tours... We'll have to give that method a go next time 😁👍
Nice one guys. Waaay safer going feet first than head first, so points go to Yen 😁
Hahaha thank you! 🙌 Who wants a face full of sand right? 👀😂
Goshh I wanna go back to Port Stephens to sand board now. My first experience of sand boarding was eating sand! So crunchy LOL 🤣🤣
Hahaha sounds horrible eating sand 🤣🤣 but Port Stephens looked amazing!
Looks like a great day you guys had and ohh that Ramen. I got to get myself some haha. Great vlog guys!
We had a blast! That ramen was a treat after all the exhaustion from climbing back up the dunes 😂 have you tried sandboarding before?
@@PeterandYen I have not! But I would love to give it a try!
Look at that puppy! It fits you, Peter! She owns the place, she knows her way around 🤣🤣
That almost infinite feeling of the sand is sooo beautiful. We have never done sandboarding, maybe the closest experience was in the White Sands Park in New Mexico, but we did not do good, so we gave up after the 3rd try hahaha.
Good job Yen! Going up is def a workout! Lieles keeps shaking his head saying no hahaha
She was the cutest!! We played with her for awhile wondering if her owners were nearby but when we saw no one coming and how hyper she was ducking around the cars we thought better try find her home! Hahaha took Peter quite a few tries too to get a slide 😂 there's some even crazier/taller dunes up north that we're keen to play on next time! It's definitely a lot of fun but yea that walk back up is no joke.. I was aching for 3 days 😂😂😂😂
Peter looks nice and more manly with the "beard", however Yen is the smart one... sitting on the board. Good entertaining video, guys.
😂 first and only time with a beard 🧔
Hahaha Yen might have just filmed the most calm excited footage on a GoPro😂😂😂. GoPro looks great!! This area might be one of my favorites you’ve shown. What an awesome place! Ramen definitely must have been 2 to 3 times amplified because Peter said flavor three times (well, actually 4😁)… full day of play makes the food yumm-ay😋😋. After watching this I definitely recommend you guys find a block of ice and revisit the grassy hill… I guarantee it will bump up Yen’s calm excitement a few notches😁. Great vid guys! Safe travels!
Hahahaha I think I was going just far too slowly at the start to be anything else but calm 😂😂😂 perhaps I should've asked Peter to give me a hard push down to get more speed 🤣 we loved this place too! It was so awesome. I think you'd have such a blast in there! 😁 Peter reckons he didn't do the GoPro settings quite right tho so he's adjusted it since and hopefully will be better next time 🤞🙂 the whole video was shot with a new zoom lens too.. we literally had to stand outside the car to shoot each other's eating segments 😂🍜
@@PeterandYen zoom lens sounds like a good tool for you guys since you go to these amazing, expansive scenic places… do you guys normally travel with just one lens?
Wide angle lens would make those establishing shots nicer for the stunning scale of places but we opted to get a zoom lens coz often want to capture something small that's too far away like yesterday when we went bird spotting 😆 perfect for that haha 🐦 Peter was on the hunt for the very rare and elusive takahe again! Yea we usually just go with the one lens plus take along our GoPro and/or the DJI pocket. Definitely didn't want to be swapping lens out at the dune in case any sand got in.. disaster! 😅😅 How about you? 🙂
@@PeterandYen Totally makes sense… you guys go to these amazing places with expansive awesome views, but also see things you want to zoom
in on like takahes (hopefully). I’m sure with all the walking you guys do you are always trying balance streamlining your gear with wanting to have the right gear to capture the moment you want. I assume in a pinch the Osmo Pocket or GoPro can do a decent job filming wide scenery shots.
I have to travel light because I have a messed up back and 99% of the time I’m on foot when I’m lugging gear. After a lot of trial and error, I shoot most things with a 50mm (that’s the full frame equivalent) prime. I only carry that and a 16mm wide. I also always have my Osmo Action on me since it’s so small. If I really want to go light I’ll carry just the Sony ZV-1 point and shoot. A decent amount of b-roll I shoot is with the ZV-1.
On a side note, Peter - if you’re reading this (or if not, please deliver this message to Peter - thank you Yen 😊) - now that your challenge is over, I challenge you to run two 5k’s in a week😁. If you accept I will run two 10k’s. 🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️🏃🏻♂️
I was gunna say one 5k, but you can do that in your sleep. So how about it? 😁😁😁
Hmmmmm I've been trying to put off replying this cause I was hoping to hang my running boots up for another 5 to 10 years 😂 but ok... since you challenged me I'll accept you choose the week mate and I'll get myself mentally prepared for the two 5k runs 😂
the sand dunes looked so much fun! Yen shows us how its done!
Hahaha it was sheer luck 🤣 I really didn't think it would work but got some great slides in 😁
#Westcoast 🙋♂️
Always love the videos you guys put through.... we do have a lot of awesome place near by... just a few minutes drive... 😌
Thank you! There sure are tons of great places to visit ay especially out west but all around really 😊👍
@@PeterandYen true indeed... feels like we have so much less time... n loads of places to visit and discover....grateful to have you guys... so that at least we can see those places through you guys! 😊
P.s just came bck frm wainamu... 😄
Exactly! The world and even our lil city and corner of the world has so much to explore and enjoy so definitely gotta make the most of it 😁🙌 ooo that's awesome! Hope you enjoyed it there! Did you do sandboarding too? Or go for a dip at the lake or falls? 🙂
Omg that looks sooo tiring lol especially running back up lmaoo this is a challenge forsure but it looks like sooo much fun ebhe
Woah Yen great efforts that looks like so much fun!!
Hahaha thanks Marie! I was so glad it worked coz really did not want sand all over my face, in my eyes and mouth etc 😂😂😅 maybe we should've worn facemasks 🤣🤣
@@PeterandYen great idea lmao and glasses too :/ sand in the eyes and mouth isn't fun at all :( lol
We still haven't gotten around to watching dune 😭😭 Really need to make some time for that! The sand dunes look stunning, the perfect place to try some sandboarding but I think I would die of exhaustion going back up. I guess Peter's running has come in handy here!
Dune was awesome 👌 CGI is so next level these days. 😅 that hill was no joke seriously exhausting
A couple of weeks ago when you guys were in W Auckland, I thought I should ask you two to consider going to Lake Wainamu. I used to go there quite often. Another place worth doing some research is Fairy Falls, hope when the Persian restaurant is open by then.
Awesome there ay? We wanted to go since last year but we ended up doing other trips, lockdowns happened, didn't have a body board, seasons changed etc lolll so glad we finally made it there and had such a blast 😁 Oh I wonder if fairy falls track has opened again 🤔 that should be a nice one to check out too but remember it being closed for ages
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Olá 👋👋🙂
Looks so much fun guys!
Lucky it wasn't really Arakis though - sandworms 🤣
Hahaha it would be both terrifying but incredible if that were real 😂
That dog in the start just friendly
She was the cutest!! So friendly and was super excited 🥰 we played with her for some time hoping he owner would come find her but when they didn't we wanted to make sure she was safe since there's a lot of cars there and she kept running all over the place!
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Thank you for watching 😁👍
good video
Cheers Joseph 🙂
Sandboarding sounds like a super cool activity to do 👌🏻 we would love to try that one day.
Do you own that board you use? Is that a special one for sandboarding purpose? 😃
Yea we bought the board 🙂 actually bought two but since we were vlogging figured we could just share the one between us to make things easier! Nothing special but it's better if they have a smoother plastic underside (which ours didn't) 😅
Looking really cool with the board 😁 The black sand is pretty! and love the sane dunes!! I'm not a fan of the climbing up part haha!! Can they have a lift? 😂
Hahahaha if only there was a lift... the climbing up was ridiculously tiring. Felt like i had sprinted 200 meters 😂
Don't forget - failure is a prelude to success....sometimes
🤔 sometimes 😂😂😂😂
Good evening
Hello Lucelia 👋 Hope you're doing well! 🙂
@@PeterandYen i am fine thankyou, and you?
We're both well thank you! It's starting to get pretty hot here in NZ tho 😅 almost summer for us and we can't believe it'll be Christmas again soon 😯
Também quero comida ,hahaha
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This is so cool! Is there a boogie board rental on site?
Gotta pack your own and bring it with you 😅
Lol that place does look like you could have been in dune
Have you watched Dune too Chris? Awesome movie!
@@PeterandYen i did the movie was so good, I thought it was creative the way they did everything
Yea! Super cool.. have you seen the original 1980s version too and the 2003 tv series? We went on a binge watch after the movie haha 😆
@@PeterandYen That's awesome, yeah I have only seen the one that just came out. But I'm so excited for this series
If borders world wide open up would you all be doing more world trips or a combination of other countries and new Zealand
We would love to resume our travels overseas again. We had to cut them short last year and quickly return to NZ before our borders closed (it's in some old vlogs if you're ever keen to check them out!) But yea we always want to be back in NZ for summers normally so if/when we can we'll go overseas and return to NZ each year again 🙂
LOL
Let's race when you guys are back in NZ 😂
@@PeterandYen this gives me flashbacks to Samantha in the carpark. If only she had a boogie board and it was sand instead😂
When I went there it flash flooded 3/4 around the walk