- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 3
- Sabtu, 19 November 2022 7:41 PTG
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitud: 10 m
New ZealandTuranganui River38°40’12” S 178°0’54” E
Whispering sands beachfront motel
19 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Our home for the third night. A bit squishy in our apartment with the fold out couch and a portable bed pressed into service. It’s right on the beach though with lovely views.Today was a fabulousBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 3
- Sabtu, 19 November 2022 8:53 PTG
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitud: 9 m
- New ZealandTuranganui River38°40’1” S 178°1’32” E
China Palace Restaurant
19 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Dinner tonight is Chinese. The food was delicious and service great. We ended up here because it seems that the kitchens in the pubs closed at 7:30 (on a Saturday!!?) BTW it seems that GISBORNE (orBaca lagi
PengembaraOmgosh I know this type of orange! Also…woohhh that’s so early! But that place looks and sounds yum and now I’m craving Chinese for dinner.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Ahad, 20 November 2022 8:58 PG
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitud: 9 m
- New ZealandTuranganui River38°40’14” S 178°0’54” E
Gisborne
20 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A sunny Sunday morning in Gisborne. This was the first place in NZ that captain Cook landed in 1769. He left empty handed and called it ‘poverty bay’. The Cook connection seems to have produced aBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Ahad, 20 November 2022 11:24 PG
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitud: 57 m
- New ZealandTe Reinga Falls38°49’46” S 177°31’5” E
Te Reinga Falls
20 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Falls! Just stacks of water on a wild river. Fortunate that it wasn’t used for a hydroelectric project.
I had a small mishap getting there - stopped my bike on a slope then the bike and I fellBaca lagi
PengembaraSo beautiful- we’ve had a lot of rain here and there are some areas that have unintentionally looked a bit like this but the ugly less architectural version 😂
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Ahad, 20 November 2022 12:31 PTG
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitud: 6 m
- New ZealandTakitimu Marae39°1’45” S 177°25’7” E
Wairoa
20 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Lunch and refuel…. Not very salubrious
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 4
- Ahad, 20 November 2022 6:02 PTG
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitud: 392 m
- New ZealandRainbow Point38°42’57” S 176°5’36” E
Taupo - Great Lakes Stays
20 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
This Airbnb is home for 2 nights. Five bedrooms and very comfy. Rain (heavy!) for the last 1/2 hr of the ride in.
Dinner was at the Lucky Lizard Bar & Grill…. I had lamb shank - delicious.
Pengembaralooks lovely! lots of rain, hail & wind here today so you are not missing better weather!!
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 9:57 PG
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitud: 330 m
- New ZealandTokoroa38°13’7” S 175°52’25” E
South Waikato
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Quick footprint - photo with Māori carvings
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 10:18 PG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 160 m
- New ZealandPutaruru38°2’56” S 175°46’50” E
Putaruru
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Anothe quick footprint to mark the route.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 10:52 PG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 173 m
- New ZealandHobbiton Movie Set37°52’20” S 175°40’60” E
Hobbiton movie set - tour entry
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
A terrific experience. Well organised, good guide, fun time. See if you can pick the fake tree with plastic leaves.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 12:59 PTG
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitud: 151 m
- New ZealandMatamata37°52’26” S 175°40’9” E
Green Dragon inn
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
The Green Dragon inn is the last stop on the tour. A complimentary beverage - I had the ‘Oak Barton’ stout brewed specially for Hobbiton.
PengembaraLooks like a full on day. Love the Hobbit town..I think Kim and I visited that park in Rotorua on our honeymoon 😍 😀. You seem to be enjoying the time.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 2:47 PTG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 284 m
- New ZealandKawaha Point38°6’41” S 176°14’13” E
Rotorua thermal park - Kuirua park
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The public park in the centre of Rotorua. Hot pools, boiling mud, lots of steam.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 3:43 PTG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 294 m
- New ZealandRotorua38°8’59” S 176°14’21” E
Junction cafe - Rotorua
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Out of the rain!! Sacred grounds coffee made in Taupo. The last coffee of the day…
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 5
- Isnin, 21 November 2022 5:18 PTG
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitud: 384 m
- New ZealandHuka Falls38°38’35” S 176°5’11” E
Huka falls
21 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
This time just the water was falling or crashing past the rock walls.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 8:53 PG
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: 428 m
- New ZealandWaipahihi Stream38°41’2” S 176°6’29” E
Taupo 2 - updated
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
I have been remiss in not giving some description of Lake Taupo. This lake is the largest freshwater lake in Australasia with a surface area of over 600 square kilometres. (About 6 times the size ofBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 10:17 PG
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitud: 1,614 m
- New ZealandPinnacle Ridge39°14’11” S 175°33’21” E
Chatue Tongariro hotel / Whakapapa ski f
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Our first view of snow in NZ on one of the volcanoes in the area - Mt. Ruapehu. Others close by are Mt. Ngauruhoe and Mt. Tongariro.
Whakapapa ski field. Scoria plain leads up to this and the wholeBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 12:20 PTG
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitud: 190 m
- New ZealandWaiwherowhero Stream38°53’35” S 175°19’57” E
Taumarunui
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Pop in fuel. Continue towards lunch venue
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 2:19 PTG
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitud: 164 m
- New ZealandChipps Hill39°8’41” S 174°44’8” E
Whangamomona republic
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Whangamōmona is famous for its rich frontier history. Frustrated with local councils, residents declared it ‘The Republic of Whangamōmona’ in 1989, and held their own presidential elections. IBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 3:58 PTG
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitud: 224 m
- New ZealandNagaere Stream39°21’56” S 174°20’42” E
Stratford
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Turn here to head for New Plymouth . Those not covered putting on ‘wets’. This marked the end of the “Forgotten World Highway”. An amazing piece of road it had everything - lots of corners,Baca lagi
PengembaraWow what a day. anyone would think you have been around the world to see such a variety stuff. not missing anything accept rain here. was supposed to go to Baw Baw to do a work day but to much snow ❄️ 😄
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 6
- Selasa, 22 November 2022 5:13 PTG
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitud: Paras Laut
- New ZealandSugar Loaf Islands39°2’37” S 174°2’39” E
Belt rd seaside holiday park
22 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
New Plymouth…. Right on the beach… really seaside. Lots of rain so took an Uber into town for dinner at the “crowded house “. Moor hens around look a bit like the purple hens on PhillipBaca lagi
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Rabu, 23 November 2022 12:05 PTG
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitud: 146 m
- New ZealandMokau River38°27’59” S 175°0’56” E
Piopoi
23 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
The fat pigeon cafe for morning tea…..,
A boysenberry danish for Nick!
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Rabu, 23 November 2022 1:28 PTG
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitud: 60 m
- New ZealandKapongaru38°15’39” S 175°6’41” E
Waitomo caves
23 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The caves have many glow worms bit there is too much water in the river to run the 45 min tour .. so no go! Looked around the museum instead… lots of interesting information.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Rabu, 23 November 2022 3:54 PTG
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitud: 12 m
- New ZealandLorenzen Bay37°48’21” S 174°52’46” E
Raglan
23 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Fuel up … the price is still at about $2.60 a litre and it eats into the money.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Rabu, 23 November 2022 4:14 PTG
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitud: 14 m
- New ZealandSouth Head37°48’26” S 174°50’14” E
Lookout - Raglan beach
23 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Big wide bay. Raglan is a surf town. The Raglan surf life saving club is on this beach
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 7
- Rabu, 23 November 2022 10:39 PTG
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitud: 39 m
- New ZealandEden Terrace36°51’51” S 174°45’17” E
Verandahs - Auckland
23 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Back where we started 2000+ kms ago. Staying at Verandahs again. Late to get here today about 7:30pm so straight out to dinner at Dante’s Pizzeria.
- Tunjukkan perjalanan
- Tambah ke senarai baldiKeluarkan dari senarai baldi
- Kongsi
- Hari 8
- Khamis, 24 November 2022 8:52 PG
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitud: 39 m
- New ZealandEden Terrace36°51’51” S 174°45’17” E
Auckland - rainy morning
24 November 2022, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Off we go again… a bit wet but probably fining up later.