ニュージーランドTokongawha Point41°0’25” S 173°0’29” E
2023年3月15日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We woke up early this morning to drive back through the mountains to Picton to meet the ferry to take us, as foot passengers, to Wellington, on the North Island. We leave behind Pete, our wonderfulもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドWellington Central41°17’20” S 174°46’27” E 2023年3月16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Today, we rode the 5 minute cable car up to the beginning of Wellington’s Botanic Gardens. We walked down to Lambton Quay and Cuba Street in downtown Wellington. We noticed many students on theもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドWellington Central41°17’20” S 174°46’27” E
2023年3月17日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
We waited out the rain this morning, then walked to the National Museum of New Zealand, the Te Papa Museum. We saw exhibits entitled Gallipoli : The Scale of Our War, Nature, Blood, Earth, Fire,もっと詳しく
ニュージーランドMangaweka39°50’14” S 175°45’54” E 2023年3月18日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This morning, we rented a small, Nissan, SUV & drove to Taihape, which claims to be the “gumboot capital of the world.” The town holds an annual festival in April to celebrate Rural living &もっと詳しく
ニュージーランドNukuhau38°41’17” S 176°3’53” E
2023年3月19日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We left Taihape at 8:30 am & drove two hours to Lake Taupo in the interior of the north island of New Zealand. We passed by some fairly tall mountains with snow on their peaks. We saw Mount Ruapehu,もっと詳しく
ニュージーランドMoturiki Island37°38’1” S 176°11’12” E 2023年3月20日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We left our Airbnb in Taupo at around 9am & drove, north, to Tauranga, where we spent some time walking on the beach, near Mt Manganui. At 2, we made our way to our new “home away from home” in aもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドPilot Bay37°37’54” S 176°10’40” E 2023年3月21日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This morning, we walked around Mt Maunganui. We took our time & enjoyed the 5km walk. Others were doing the more difficult “summit walk.” They say the view from the summit is spectacular. We’llもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドMinden37°42’17” S 176°2’39” E
2023年3月22日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This morning, we drove a short distance to Te Puna Quarry Park, which was used as a rock quarry until 1979. In 1993, a group of local volunteers proposed that they could plant native & non nativeもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドKarangahake37°25’26” S 175°43’19” E 2023年3月23日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We drove just over an hour to reach Karangahake Gorge. We had planned on hiking one of two trails, which were both blocked off part way along. One trail had a “slip” of a large tree, while theもっと詳しく
ニュージーランドRotorua38°7’55” S 176°14’42” E
2023年3月24日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This morning, we drove from our VRBO in Tauranga to Rotorua. We drove through a number of gorges, including Gopi Gorge. Rotorua has a population of 77000, which is about half of Tauranga. The road wasもっと詳しく
