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- 22 mars 2016 16:00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höjd över havet: 166 m
- Nya Zeeland Waikato Matamata-Piako District Hobbiton Movie Set -37.872194, 175.68321237°52’20” S 175°40’60” E
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Hobbiton
22 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
And so to Hobbiton which was pure magic. There was no overt commercialism and strolling around looking at all the Hobbit holes and the attention to detail like small ladders, axes, clothes on lines just added to the immersion you felt. As the sun broke through the clouds as we sat outside The Green Dragon drinking beer brewed in The Shire my breath left me. I could quite happily have sat there for days watching the light play across the fields and off the surface of the lake. This would not be the last time I felt like this in New Zealand. It will be also not the only time that I say that the pictures do not do it justice, there is a magic that cannot be captured by a camera.

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David Brown New Zealand
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- 22 mars 2016 19:00
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höjd över havet: 275 m
- Nya Zeeland Bay of Plenty Rotorua District Ngongotaha Komutumutu Stream -38.071969, 176.21271538°4’19” S 176°12’46” E
Dag 5
Waiteti Trout Stream Holiday Park
22 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
And so off to our first camp site where we met lots of flies and lots of rain!

Daniel made a friend of the owner as he (Daniel that is) ran around the campsite banging on doors begging people to save him from the flies.

We also had the disappointing news that our trip to White Isle the following day had been postponed so we fell asleep with the rain drumming on the roof with a new destination to dream about.

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David Brown New Zealand
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- 23 mars 2016 11:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höjd över havet: 274 m
- Nya Zeeland Bay of Plenty Rotorua District Ngongotaha Komutumutu Stream -38.071703, 176.21463338°4’18” S 176°12’53” E
Dag 6
Lake Rotorua
23 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The rain kept coming down but this did not put us off going on a walk to Lake Rotorua. Plenty of birds were braving the horizontal rain with us and though the conditions didn't allow for prolonged viewing the view of the lake was still fabulous.

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David Brown New Zealand
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- 23 mars 2016 12:00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höjd över havet: 284 m
- Nya Zeeland Bay of Plenty Rotorua -38.136848, 176.24974638°8’13” S 176°14’59” E
Dag 6
Rotorua
23 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After braving the rain on our walk to Lake Rotorua we headed in town itself. Despite the rain we wandered around this former spa town with its eerie sulphur pools which bubble and steam away. You get used to the sulphur smell in the air after a while.

The lakeside area with it's almost derelict view reminding me of a place where they would film Blakes 7. We had coffee in a restaurant that had the little hatches in which you could select your lunch something that used to be common place in England.

We had our dinner in The Pig and Whistle which had formally been a police station. I had a great pint of the Macs Green Beret definitely one for hop fans.

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- 23 mars 2016 13:00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höjd över havet: 284 m
- Nya Zeeland Bay of Plenty Rotorua -38.136848, 176.24974638°8’13” S 176°14’59” E
Dag 6
Rotorua Museum
23 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We visited the museum which was the site of the former bath house where people would travel from all over the world to experience the miraculous curing properties of the water that had run through volcanic rock. We noted that it had taken its bathware from Stoke on Trent!

Also the small film that told the history of the Mount Tarawera eruption which had destroyed the pink and white steps which were a local tourist attraction starred a young pre-FOTC Bret McKenzie.Läs mer
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David Brown New Zealand
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- 24 mars 2016 11:00
- 🌧 19 °C
- Höjd över havet: 330 m
- Nya Zeeland Bay of Plenty Rotorua District Waiotapu Whangioterangi (Echo Lake)-38.359692, 176.36928238°21’35” S 176°22’9” E
Dag 7
Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland
24 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
A very wet morning as we visited the sulphur beds that make up the magical Waiotapu Thermal Wonderlands. If they ever wanted to reboot Blake's Seven then this would be the place to film it. As Daniel's friend for the day would describe the place..'Awesome!'

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- 24 mars 2016 14:00
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höjd över havet: 359 m
- Nya Zeeland Waikato Taupo Waikato River -38.659141, 176.08266938°39’33” S 176°4’58” E
Dag 7
Huka Falls
24 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
On our drive down to Lake Taupo we stopped at the Huka Falls. The sheer power of the falls is incredible and hypnotic. A short walk up Waikato shows the width of the river before it is forced the narrow gap that constitute the falls. I think it was here that I finally felt comfortable driving the campervan after my earlier worries...I didn't drive it into the falls.

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David Brown New Zealand
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- 24 mars 2016 17:00
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höjd över havet: 459 m
- Nya Zeeland Waikato Taupo District Motuoapa -38.923427, 175.85615938°55’24” S 175°51’22” E
Dag 7
Lake Taupo
24 mars 2016, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Where I found paradise...

The campervan parked by the lake edge and I sat watching the sun go down over the lake. Some of the most perfect moments in my life, close my eyes and I am back there.

The next morning we swam in the lake, cold, reviving and wonderful. I remember crossing the highway (highway hah!) and the campsite office with its souvenirs, I regret not buying one now. I remember the place we stopped for petrol, so friendly and welcoming.

An amazing place.

http://www.motuterebay.co.nz/

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