Cape Kidnappers Napier

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From Nelson we drove 1.5 hours to Picton to catch the 3 hour ferry to Wellington on the North Island. The drive was again spectacular as was the ferry ride. We were excited to get to the north island worried that we would not have enough time while at the same time hoping it would go by in a flash and deliver us that much closer …

Nachdem die zwei Mädels uns gestern bescheid gegeben haben sind wir heute morgen um 10uhr los. Erstes Ziel war der farmers market in Hastings. Es stand schon der ganze Parkplatz voller Autos. War eher wie ein Parkfest, barocke Garten Tage oder so. Es spielte eine Band und auf der schönen grünen Wiese reihten sich Pavillons aneinander. Viele gute …

This day starts with a lot of sunshine and I enjoy this beautiful morning with a jogging tour along the beach and harbor of Napier. By the way I checked out the National Tobacco Building, a perfectly Art-Decó styled building in the "newer", by the earthquake uplifted part of Napier. After breakfast we are checking out and leave the sunny Napier …

... of us getting wet or cold in the car. So plans were put on hold for the wineries, and we went off to Cape Kidnappers instead - a place outside of Napier where loads of gannets live. We didn't get to walk all the way up to there because of the low tide, ...

... wasnt free) to do that. Because I decideed to stay an extra night I hired a bike again and went for a ride out to Cape Kidnappers, where there is the largest land-based ganet colony in the world. The views were stunning and the cycling was great fun ...

... alcoholic , some very alcoholic. So it was an early start to catch the tractors to take us along the beach to Cape Kidnappers to visit the gannet colonies. Wonderful sights of these birds who are within reach, some with chicks, some displaying getting ...

Wednesday 5 November Off Cape Kidnappers                       S 39° 36.9'           E ...

... route to get there, stopping off in Palmerstown North along the way!!   We got into Napier, droved down the the unfortunately named Cape Kidnappers and then checked into a hostel, and went to the local iSite and got information on the area. ...

... , however, who wore their hiking boots and they turned around to go back. So they probably thought that this was the colony at Cape Kidnappers. But it wasn't; the surprise was that you walk up a fairly steep hill and all of a sudden you are standing on ...

... riesigen Felder von Weinreben schön gedeihen können. Ich bin aber nicht wegen dem Wein hier in Napier, sondern wegen den 4 grossen Basstölpelkolonien am Cape Kidnappers. Das Kap erreicht man über den Strand während der Ebbe entweder zu Fuss oder ...

... had a "welcome to Clive" sign as you enter the town. Now, you can guess what I'm going to say - There it was! between Napier and Cape Kidnappers!!! (I did know that really). So of course, I asked Emily (the Kiwi) to stop the car and take a pic of me in ...

... swimming (too cold for adults) and bounced on that balloon until it was time for dinner.  On the way to Napier we stopped at Cape Kidnappers.  This was named by Captain Cook who almost lost a young member of his ship to the Maori boys.  ...

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