Brock's Place
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Tonight we're staying at a place close to Hobbiton that's just some guy's farm (Brock's presumably). The views are incredible and it even has flushing toilets and hot showers! Bonus picture of myLeggi altro
Tonight we're staying at a place close to Hobbiton that's just some guy's farm (Brock's presumably). The views are incredible and it even has flushing toilets and hot showers! Bonus picture of myLeggi altro
Last night we had our first rain in the form of some scattered thunderstorms over a few hours in the evening. As they were clearing we got a beautiful brief glimpse of a rainbow!
When I woke upLeggi altro
This morning we made our way to one of NZ's biggest tourist attractions - Hobbiton. All in all, we found it kind of underwhelming, which we were expecting, but figured we might as well do it while weLeggi altro
This afternoon we tried mountain biking for the first time! Whakarewarewa forest had some great beginner loops with lots of rolling bumps and banked turns, all while weaving between the toweringLeggi altro
This was an awesome night - blurb to come later
We saw this place after biking yesterday and thought it would be a good place to start our day. We enjoyed soaking our feet (and shins) while drinking coffee/iced hot chocolate and eating meat pies!
This is a geothermal park we visited between Rotorua and Taupo. The setting is on a beautiful blue lake over which you take a short boat ride to reach the walking path. Their claims to fame are havingLeggi altro
We stopped at Huka Falls for a brief walk, and drove along the shores of Lake Taupo on our way down to our holiday park in Whakapapa Village. If we're able to hike Tongariro Alpine Crossing tomorrowLeggi altro
We woke up early this morning to make sure we fueled up and were ready to go on our 7am shuttle. When we arrived at the start of the hike, our shuttle driver told us that the weather for the dayLeggi altro
We hung close to our campground today, recovering from yesterday's hike. We sat down by the stream running through the campground and read our books, watched the new Knives Out movie, Glass Onion, inLeggi altro
Viaggiatore Very beautiful!