We headed into Hahei town and I was pleased to finally buy some earrings. I´d been earringless since leaving a bag full of them in Sydney, well other than the pair I broke in Asia and have been carrying round ever since in the vain hope that someone can fix them that is. Having […]
Read the rest of Monday 13th October – Hahei and around
So we left Tauranga and the lovely eccentric landlady in her flat-cap and headed towards Hahei. En route we stopped in Waihi, which was a bit more pleasant earlier in the day than the previous day, and I bought a red and white polka dot scarf to match my shoes! We headed to “hot […]
Read the rest of Sunday 12th October – Tauranga to Hahei
In the morning we headed to Whangarei falls. Although it was relatively pretty I was slightly at a loss as to why every guidebook I had read had raved about and recommended the place. Needless to say we didn´t hang around for too long, instead opting for a McDonalds´ on the way to Auckland. When […]
Read the rest of Saturday 11th October – Whangarei to Tauranga
We left Ahipara and headed towards the Bay of Islands. Lance set off in the wrong direction so I helpfully directed him back across to the main coastal road cross country style. The map showed the road in a somewhat more favourable light than it actually was and, due to loose gravel, we had to […]
Read the rest of Friday 10th October – Ahipara to Whangarei
Ahipara in Northland sits on the Southern end of ninety mile beach, so named by the Kiwis as it’s short of ninety kilometres in length! When we got up we decided to head down to the beach, which actually is quite long, and pretty soon after getting out of the car I was aware of, yet […]
Read the rest of Thursday 9th October – Ahipara and its evil sand!
The first stop of the day was “Sheepworld” which I had read about as being a “sheep themed amusement park”. Although there wasn’t a wild sheep rollercoaster or bumper sheep the place didn’t disappoint. We had a brief look around prior to the “sheep show” which started at 11AM. The show started with a sheep […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 8th October – Wellsford to Ahipara
Having missed the geyser’s eruption the previous day we headed to a different geyser. This one had several other attractions with it and we decided it was too expensive and headed off. The weather was absolutely terrible with almost monsoon like rain. When we arrived at Waitomo caves there was little improvement and the activities that […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 7th October – Golden Springs to Wellsford
We woke up to crazy monsoon-like rain and carried on towards Taupo. In Taupo itself we went around the town and also a traveling fair. I mean traveling fair here in the sense of stalls selling various things and not rollercoasters and big wheels. Although they did have a stand where you could attempt to […]
Read the rest of Sunday 5th to Monday 6th October- Golden Springs, Taupo
So we left Moetueka and headed for Picton to get the Interislander ferry back to North Island. We went to a beach near the town which was very windy. There were a couple of ducks hanging around the car and I decided that they would appreciate the slightly skanky bread which was kicking around in […]
Read the rest of Saturday 4th October -Moetueka to Levin
After one night in Hanmer we got up for breakfast. Actually, I’m not sure I would have done but Lance managed to inform me that it was an hour earlier than it actually was when he got back from breakfast. When I got to the lounge I was confused that people kept arriving when breakfast […]
Read the rest of Friday 3rd October – Hanmer Springs to Moetuaka