Collins Drive
17 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 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 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Went for a walk on the Pit Rim Walkway in Waihi around Martha Mine and the Cornish Pumphouse.
Karangahake Gorge
18 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 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 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 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 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 MrLäs mer
Aratiatia Dam
21 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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. ItLäs mer
Whakaipo Bay
22 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 MountLäs mer
Huka Falls
23 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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. ThisLäs mer
Christmas Day
25 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Steve and Rachel gave us their paddle canoes to explore Lake Taupo and the Maori Rock Carvings.
Mount Tauhara
29 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We climbed up Mount Tauhara and had a lovely but very windy view over Lake Taupo.
New Year's Eve
31 december 2019, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 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 andLäs mer
Meeting Stephen
1 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 feltLäs mer
Meeting Steffi
7 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 theirLäs mer
Hobbiton Part 1
10 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 andLäs mer
Hobbiton Part 2
10 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Part 2 of the Hobbiton Movie Set Tour because we just took too many good pictures 😁
Redwood Forest
10 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Stroll through the Redwood Forest in Rotorua.
Kuirau Park I
10 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 eggyLäs mer
Wai-O-Tapu
11 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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, theLäs mer
Mount Maunganui
12 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 theLäs mer
Papamoa Beach
13 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Morning swim and cup of hazelnut coffee on Papamoa Beach.
Maketu Pies
13 januari 2020, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
So we had this treat for lunch: Pie and Chips 😁🍟
Apparently the Maketu Pies are well known around here.




















































































































































