Arrival in Wellington

An uneventful flight in thankfully! And found our delightful bnb near Mt Victoria, a lookout over the city.
City tour of Wellington

We joined a guided tour on foot of the city to learn more of the history
Cable car and botanic gardens

In the afternoon we caught the cable car up to the top of the hill and wandered back through the beautiful botanical gardens
Mt Victoria lookout

A stunning day and beautiful view!
After tracking down Tony, Rays brother and sampling his coffee we headed north!
Bike riding

Our bnb is right across from the beach with cycle paths in lots of directions! Our host supplied bikes and off we rode - a long way!! Stunning weather
Napier

An early start to the markets (disappointing!) and then coffee in Napier and some shopping!! It’s a lovely city with many Art Deco buildings and coffee and shopping didn’t disappoint at all!! AWeiterlesen
Mountains and waterfalls

Up to Te Mata peak and then a wee waterfall
On to Tauranga

We went up hill and down dale arriving at lake Taupo - the largest inland lake around! We stopped at a wee quirky geothermal park and then onto the Aratiatia Dam for the letting out of water and thenWeiterlesen
Tauranga district

It’s a cloudy day and looked like rain so we set out to climb Mt Mauganui before we got wet! Lots of others doing the same, including joggers!? The top was shrouded in cloud and it felt quite eerieWeiterlesen
Coromandel Coast

Not far out of Tauranga is a gorge where gold mining was done. We walked up the gorge where old remains of the gold mine are still there. Then further up the peninsula which has a lot of loggingWeiterlesen
Coromandel Coast

We drove up the coast, right along the beach to find the Rapaura water gardens - stunning! Onto Coromandel Town for a yummy seafood chowder and across the peninsula to Cathedral Cove
Hamilton

Stopped by at the gardens..... (channeling
Melva for sure)
Chanced upon an avenue of cherry blossoms
Then onto New Plymouth
New Plymouth

The Pukeiti gardens were stunning - many rhodos!! And Mt Taranaki looms above ....
Taranaki

Heading back to Wellington
Stopped in at some more gardens in Whanganui 😉
Another stunning day
Interislander to Picton

A calm trip over much to Philip’s delight!
On to Kaikoura and the Hislops!!
Kaikoura

So beautiful here....
Hanmer Springs

Coffees and catching up with the Hislops
Akaroa

Sadly left Kaikoura and headed to Christchurch for our last few days!? Spent the afternoon in Akaroa, a beautiful town out on a volcanic peninsula
Visited an amazing mosaic garden
Last day!

And another garden..... 😀
Reisender
gorgeous garden
Reisender
Nice selfie 💞