Collins Drive
17 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Collins Drive in the Broken Hills, Puketui Valley is an old mine that was used for gold mining. We could walk all the way through Collins Drive with a headlamp which was pretty cool.
Martha Mine
17 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Went for a walk on the Pit Rim Walkway in Waihi around Martha Mine and the Cornish Pumphouse.
Karangahake Gorge
18 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Along our way we drove through this Gorge and stopped to have a look. We did part of the window walk. This place is another old gold mine.
Welcome to Hobbiton
18 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Quick stop into Hobbiton or as it's actually called Matamata. We'll be back for more Lord of the Rings fun! 🌋
Isi's Birthday
19 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
🎉🍕🎂🍷
Yaaay Isi turned 27 😁
We arrived at our wwoofing farm (18/12) 15 minutes outside Taupo and we really like it here. Our hosts, Steve and Rachel, and their doggos, Greg and MrLeggi altro
Aratiatia Dam
21 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The Aratiatia Dam in the Waikato River is used to create hydroelectric power sustainably for the region. The dam opens it's gates four times a day and it releases 80000 litres of water per second. ItLeggi altro
Whakaipo Bay
22 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Today we went for a swim in Lake Taupo at Whakaipo Bay after the farm work was done. The water was so clear! In the background of the first pictures you can see the snowy tip of MountLeggi altro
Huka Falls
23 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Just before the Huka Falls the Waikato River enters a shallow ravine of hard volcanic rock which results in more than 220000 litres of water per second barreling over an 11 meter high waterfall. ThisLeggi altro
Christmas Day
25 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏼
We spent a lovely Christmas with Steve and Rachel at their farm, did a lot of cooking and eating and just had a great time 🥔🍗🥕🧀🍷
Maori Rock Carvings
27 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Steve and Rachel gave us their paddle canoes to explore Lake Taupo and the Maori Rock Carvings.
Mount Tauhara
29 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We climbed up Mount Tauhara and had a lovely but very windy view over Lake Taupo.
New Year's Eve
31 dicembre 2019, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
On the afternoon of the 31st of December we rounded off the old year relaxing and swimming at Whakaipo Bay.
New Year's Eve we spent with Steve and Rachel on their farm. We had cheesy nachos andLeggi altro
Meeting Stephen
1 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After 6 and a half years of leaving Sydney Jake finally met up with Stephen again. Was real cool catching up and chilling in the lake.
Tongariro Crossing
5 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Yay we did it, we hiked the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. The track itself is 19.4 km long but we did 23 km and finished it in just over 5 and a half hours. We had a great day. A lot of the track feltLeggi altro
Meeting Steffi
7 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
After 7 years Jake met Steffi again. We all, that is Jake and Isi and Steffi and Chris, had a lovely catch up and relaxed in the Hot Pools at Spa Park. See you in Köln for a burger! 🍔😊
Wwoofing
9 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Time to say goodbye 😞
We loved our time on the farm. So here are some pictures of the farm life.
Steve and Rachel are lovely people and we will miss them and Greg and Mr Jones 🐶🐶 and theirLeggi altro
Hobbiton Part 1
10 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We finally got to see Hobbiton! 🧙🏼♂️
The movie set of Hobbiton from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was awesome. So many lovely details on the hobbit houses. We got to see Bilbo's andLeggi altro
Hobbiton Part 2
10 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Part 2 of the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour because we just took too many good pictures 😁
Redwood Forest
10 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stroll through the Redwood Forest in Rotorua.
Kuirau Park I
10 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Just a random park in Rotorua with loads of little hot pools, bubbling mud pools and steaming lakes. There's a lot of geothermal activity going on here. Just as everyone said it does smell quite eggyLeggi altro
Wai-O-Tapu
11 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Wai-O-Tapu is one of Rototura's geothermal areas. It was formed by thousands of years of volcanic activity. We got to see Lady Knox Geyser go off, bubbling mud pools, the Artist's Palette, theLeggi altro
Mount Maunganui
12 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
After a lovely ice cream (we had vanilla, boysenberry and hokey pokey) we climed up Mount Maunganui. It was well worth it, the views were stunning. After working up a sweat we went to cool off in theLeggi altro
Papamoa Beach
13 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Morning swim and cup of hazelnut coffee on Papamoa Beach.
Maketu Pies
13 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
So we had this treat for lunch: Pie and Chips 😁🍟
Apparently the Maketu Pies are well known around here.
Whakatane
13 gennaio 2020, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Strolled along the river in Whakatane and saw Muriwai's Cave, the Wairere Falls and Pohaturoa Rock. Afterwards we sat down on the beach at Whakatane Heads and looked at the smoking White Island troughLeggi altro