Coramandel here we come.
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Drove up to Whangamata and stopped. Trying to save time to get to Bay of Islands sun bathing .weather is good but overcast .Not a lot to see there. Found a camp place on the road at the side of aLäs mer
Drove up to Whangamata and stopped. Trying to save time to get to Bay of Islands sun bathing .weather is good but overcast .Not a lot to see there. Found a camp place on the road at the side of aLäs mer
Went back to Rotarua from Paul's .We went to the Maori cultural centre at the thermal springs. Absolutely fascinating like being in prehistoric landscape.🤔 Boiling mud,sulpher lakes andLäs mer
Heading east went to New Plymouth to see Len Lye museum which Chris wanted to see, not my cup of tea and Maori Museum where we met fascinating Maori lady who explained a lot .Then off to Rotarua WeLäs mer
Having left Shelley and Baden we headed to Petone in Lower Hutt. They had a street fair there and one of Chris s friends James was running a stall there so we went to visit him He comes to UKLäs mer
We headed to the north island today. Woke up to a wet dull day ..what's happened to the weather...I m going home if it stays like this. 😱😱😱it rained all the time on the ferry and was the sameLäs mer
We spent the morning walking the beaches at Goat Bay around the campsite and swimming and generally slowing down. No selps in the water, crystal clear. We headed off back to Takaka. It's a real hippyLäs mer
We headed off from Don's site fully laden with organic vegetables and a request to come back the next day and stay again. Tempting as it was free and Don sorted out the fridge and key problems .HeadLäs mer
Having left Kaikoura we travelled north looking for somewhere to camp We came across Marfells Bay which had awful reviews but it was getting late so we chanced it. Whoever did the review was either inLäs mer
Early start 7am to get out on first boat. Really professional group run by Maoiri people.We saw our first whale after 10 mins just the back above the water then it dived and we had fantastic view ofLäs mer