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- tirsdag 17. desember 2019 09:00
- 🌧 20 °C
- Høyde: 56 m
New ZealandPuketui37°6’59” S 175°44’32” E
Collins Drive
17. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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.
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- tirsdag 17. desember 2019 16:30
- 🌧 19 °C
- Høyde: 23 m
- New ZealandMartha Gold Mine37°23’8” S 175°50’37” E
Martha Mine
17. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Went for a walk on the Pit Rim Walkway in Waihi around Martha Mine and the Cornish Pumphouse.
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- onsdag 18. desember 2019 11:00
- 🌧 15 °C
- Høyde: 29 m
- New ZealandKarangahake37°25’25” S 175°43’16” E
Karangahake Gorge
18. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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.
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- onsdag 18. desember 2019 13:00
- 🌧 16 °C
- Høyde: 64 m
- New ZealandMatamata37°48’33” S 175°46’21” E
Welcome to Hobbiton
18. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Quick stop into Hobbiton or as it's actually called Matamata. We'll be back for more Lord of the Rings fun! 🌋
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- torsdag 19. desember 2019
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 549 m
- New ZealandTuhangahanga Stream38°34’13” S 176°2’11” E
Isi's Birthday
19. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 MrLes mer
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- lørdag 21. desember 2019 10:00
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Høyde: 324 m
- New ZealandLake Aratiatia38°37’3” S 176°8’12” E
Aratiatia Dam
21. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. ItLes mer
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- søndag 22. desember 2019 15:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 357 m
- New ZealandMapara Stream38°41’14” S 175°57’50” E
Whakaipo Bay
22. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 MountLes mer
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- mandag 23. desember 2019 17:00
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Høyde: 347 m
- New ZealandHuka Falls38°38’59” S 176°5’22” E
Huka Falls
23. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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. ThisLes mer
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- onsdag 25. desember 2019 15:00
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 549 m
- New ZealandTuhangahanga Stream38°34’14” S 176°2’10” E
Christmas Day
25. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 🥔🍗🥕🧀🍷
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- fredag 27. desember 2019 16:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 362 m
- New ZealandRangatira Point38°43’59” S 176°0’28” E
Maori Rock Carvings
27. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Steve and Rachel gave us their paddle canoes to explore Lake Taupo and the Maori Rock Carvings.
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- søndag 29. desember 2019 13:00
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Høyde: 1 052 m
- New ZealandTauhara38°41’41” S 176°9’45” E
Mount Tauhara
29. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We climbed up Mount Tauhara and had a lovely but very windy view over Lake Taupo.
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- tirsdag 31. desember 2019 23:59
- 🌙 15 °C
- Høyde: 539 m
- New ZealandTuhangahanga Stream38°34’14” S 176°2’10” E
New Year's Eve
31. desember 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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 andLes mer
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- onsdag 1. januar 2020 16:00
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Høyde: 374 m
- New ZealandTaupo38°41’38” S 176°4’38” E
Meeting Stephen
1. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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.
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- søndag 5. januar 2020 10:00
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Høyde: 1 619 m
- New ZealandNgauruhoe39°8’46” S 175°37’50” E
Tongariro Crossing
5. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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 feltLes mer
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- tirsdag 7. januar 2020 17:00
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 355 m
- New ZealandWaikato River38°40’10” S 176°5’8” E
Meeting Steffi
7. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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! 🍔😊
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- torsdag 9. januar 2020
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 541 m
- New ZealandTuhangahanga Stream38°34’14” S 176°2’11” E
Wwoofing
9. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 theirLes mer
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- fredag 10. januar 2020 08:00
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Høyde: 163 m
- New ZealandMangapapa Stream37°51’27” S 175°40’47” E
Hobbiton Part 1
10. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 andLes mer
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- fredag 10. januar 2020 09:00
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 120 m
- New ZealandMangapapa Stream37°51’35” S 175°40’52” E
Hobbiton Part 2
10. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Part 2 of the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour because we just took too many good pictures 😁
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- fredag 10. januar 2020 14:30
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Høyde: 297 m
- New ZealandNew Geyser38°9’25” S 176°16’23” E
Redwood Forest
10. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stroll through the Redwood Forest in Rotorua.
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- fredag 10. januar 2020 16:30
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Høyde: 275 m
- New ZealandRotorua38°8’1” S 176°14’28” E
Kuirau Park I
10. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 eggyLes mer
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- lørdag 11. januar 2020 10:15
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 333 m
- New ZealandWhangioterangi (Echo Lake)38°21’33” S 176°22’10” E
Wai-O-Tapu
11. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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, theLes mer
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- søndag 12. januar 2020 13:00
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 193 m
- New ZealandMount Maunganui37°37’49” S 176°10’20” E
Mount Maunganui
12. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 theLes mer
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- mandag 13. januar 2020 11:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 11 m
- New ZealandPapamoa Beach37°41’50” S 176°17’17” E
Papamoa Beach
13. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Morning swim and cup of hazelnut coffee on Papamoa Beach.
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- mandag 13. januar 2020 13:30
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Høyde: 6 m
- New ZealandMaketu37°45’31” S 176°27’9” E
Maketu Pies
13. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
So we had this treat for lunch: Pie and Chips 😁🍟
Apparently the Maketu Pies are well known around here.
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- mandag 13. januar 2020 16:00
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Høyde: 13 m
- New ZealandWhakatane River37°56’33” S 177°0’43” E
Whakatane
13. januar 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 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 troughLes mer