One of the reasons I was at Mangawhai on the weekend was to take images of some of the guided walks. Today, one of the walks was the cliff top walk above the east coastline. There was a brisk onshore wind, so the beach was rougher than usual. A beautiful walk.
Had to google earth to see where you were, I have never been as far north as that. I see the weather is getting more autumn like, still shorts weather though!