Erin and Lysa go Adventuring

mars 2017

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Voyageur Erin and Lysa go Adventuring
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- 5 mars 2017 à 14:57
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Nouvelle-Zélande Cape Brett -35.162033, 174.33663835°9’43” S 174°20’12” E
Jour 3
Motu Kōkako
5 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Or as the then Lieutenant James Cook named it, Hole in the Rock. The Cavern was created by erosion from rain running off the island and wearing away the rock... That's a lot of rain!
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- 5 mars 2017 à 16:01
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Rawhiti Urupukapuka Bay -35.221775, 174.23338335°13’18” S 174°14’0” E
Jour 3
Otehei Bay
5 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is a bay located on Urupukapuka, the largest island within the Bay of Islands.
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- 5 mars 2017 à 18:13
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Russell Matauwhi Bay -35.261538, 174.12152335°15’42” S 174°7’17” E
Jour 3
Russell
5 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Finished off the day in Russell; which boasts a lot of things that claim to be old. We both enjoyed a wine at the Duke of Marlborough Pub; the oldest pub in New Zealand. You can see the first liquor licence ever issued by the New Zealand Government hanging near the bar. Next we visited the oldest fishing club in New Zealand and enjoyed fresh seafood for dinner. Both of these 'oldest' make sense if you consider the fact that Russell was traditionally a port and the largest town in the South Pacific whaling region of the 1900s.

To finish the evening off, we watched the sun set over the bay. Beautiful.

Also, did you see the weight of that Marlin? 300kg+En savoir plus
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- 5 mars 2017 à 21:49
- 🌙 18 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Puketona -35.279306, 173.99922335°16’46” S 173°59’57” E
Jour 3
Bedtime Wrap
5 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Erin and I hit the ground running today. First up, breakfast at El Cafe, which was Mexican styled breakfast food; surprisingly delicious and great coffee.

We followed breakfast with a quick stroll up a hill (Erin made it this time) to enjoy a beautiful view of the Bay of Islands. Erin absolutely smashed it too; suggested walking time was 40 minutes to the summit and we did it in 45 minutes return.

It was back to Paihia; to jump on a boat and tour the bay. Absolutely stunning. Erin loved the dolphin pod we found; the dolphins did have great names like French Toast and Ripper. I particularly enjoyed Motu Kōkako or Hole in the Rock. The photos don't show the grand scale of the cavern. It was definitely an eerie feeling as we drove through it knowing 1000kg plus of rock was currently above our heads.

We finished the day off with wine, dinner and a sunset in Russell; the orginal capital of New Zealand. It was a rather pretty scene, eating dinner and looking across the Bay towards Paihia.

We had a slight oops moment on our drive back to our accommodation. We are staying at a hobby farm just outside of Kerikeri, our GPS took us along a dirt road...

An unknown dirt road, at night; in the pitch black, full of potholes, sharp blind bends, closed gates and cows. Wasn't the easiest road to drive and there was a time or two when I wondered if our little Corolla was going to make it up a hill. Luckily it did and now it's time to grab some shut eye so we can do it all again tomorrow.

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- 6 mars 2017 à 11:59
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Waitangi Treaty House -35.267475, 174.08253535°16’3” S 174°4’57” E
Jour 4
Waitangi Treaty Grounds
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Kia ora.

This place has so much history and is a place of contention for many Maori people. The Treaty of Waitangi, was signed at here on 6 February 1840. This treaty is arguably the founding document of New Zealand. Although the translation of the English word 'sovereignty' to the Maori word 'kawanatanga' meaning governance gives rise to the question, was soverigity ever relinquished?

This place was amazing and I recommend it to anyone visiting the Bay of Islands. Highly educational, beautiful landscape and just generally fascinating.

The house pictured, Treaty House was actually built in Australia, dismantled and then reconstructed in Waitangi. The builders thoughtful placed Roman numerals along the studs to allow for easy reconstruction. Who knew prefabricated buildings existed in the 1830s.

The stump pictured behind us was one of three giant trees used to make the giant waka taua, war canoe. The waka taua is 35.7 metres long.En savoir plus
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- 6 mars 2017 à 14:44
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Kawakawa -35.380158, 174.06735°22’49” S 174°4’1” E
Jour 4
Kawakawa Public Toliets
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
All public toliets should be this clean and pretty.

Designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
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- 6 mars 2017 à 15:01
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 40 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Far North District Kawakawa Mohinui Marae -35.408455, 174.08366435°24’30” S 174°5’1” E
Jour 4
Kawiti Caves
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Home to 30,000 glow worms, which it turns out are quite ugly when seen in the light.

No photos from inside the cave because the flash effects these little bugs.

If you were wondering, their scientific name is arachnocampa luminosa. Basically arachno because they have a web (well itactually is more like a fishing line), campa because they create a cocoon, and luminosa because their tails glow.

Final Fact: New Zealand Glow Worms are cannibals, it will eat both the adult gnat version of its self or the larva verision.En savoir plus
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- 6 mars 2017 à 16:37
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Northland Whangarei Tikipunga Paranui Falls -35.68477, 174.33584735°41’5” S 174°20’9” E
Jour 4
Whangarei Falls
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Quick stop to stretch our legs.
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- 6 mars 2017 à 17:37
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 96 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande North Auckland -35.934212, 174.34912235°56’3” S 174°20’57” E
Jour 4
Waipu Caves
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
At least four people here with metal detectors, must be a good place to fossick.
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- 6 mars 2017 à 23:13
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Nouvelle-Zélande Waikato Thames-Coromandel District Whangamata Whangamata Harbour -37.198151, 175.87298637°11’53” S 175°52’23” E
Jour 4
Bedtime Wrap
6 mars 2017, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Today we visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. There was an art gallery, featuring Māori Women artists with political agendas. We walked bit around the Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi. Next we did a guided tour of the grounds and learnt about the history of New Zealand. We finished the tour at the carved meeting house (Te Whare Rūnanga) and learnt about Māori culture. Then we looked at the historic Treaty House. We also visited the largest ceremonial war canoe called Ngātokimatawhaorua.

Then we had lunch at Whare Waka Cafe. Lysa had a big falafel pita pocket and I had a big serve of nachos.

Next was the gift shop where we looked around and then visited the carving center & resident carver or whakairo showed us two different musical instruments. He should us how men, women and children all played the instruments differently. He also showed us some decorative weapons and how to use them. Then went to finish the rest of the Te Kōngahu Museum of Waitangi. I would recommend the Treaty grounds for everyone it is great fun to explore.

We jumped back into the car and drove to the Kawakawa Hundertwasser's toilets.

We also made some last minute stops at a couple of caves and a waterfall. One of the caves had glow worms.

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