Hamilton Gardens

My one night in Auckland landed me in a pub called the Bluestone Room. It is a historic little pub, complete with a water well that is now encased with a glass top for viewing. I sat in the pub watching a rugby game, drinking a pilsner and contemplated where I would be headed next. Flipping through my travel books I kept a few places in mind and …

Today was an action packed day.

We went Zorbing today. What is Zorbing? Zorbing was invented in New Zealand. It is a clear plastic bubble (two bubbles actually one inside the other) in which you sit inside and roll down the hill. Yeah….sound a bit weird? Well you are right it is but it was a lot of fun. You can have up to three …

... this week!  Multiple nights in the comfort of a plush bed was relished and much appreciated!  The Hamilton Gardens house wonderful gardens that represent garden scenes from all over the world.  This is the Italy Garden display. Our ...

... 's a nice walk along the river and through the gardens. Plus i have a nice little spot in starbucks to chill out and Hamilton produces some  great All Blacks rugby players which is a bonus. The weather is somewhat unpredictable, one ...

Okay ... so I'm writing a quick blurb about going to the Hamilton Gardens .... wonderful! Beautious!! Stupendous!! The gardens are not just gardens, they're super gardens!! the whole area is like a nature walking reserve with lakes and rivers and ...

...  amused (unless you're into horse racing Joe) so we continued to Hamilton the next day.  There we visited the Hamilton Gardens which were really beautiful.  There is a huge landscape garden section then lots of smaller themed gardens, e.g. ...

Dean had zondag voor ons gekookt en de familie uitgenodigd. Dat was erg gezellig en lekker. Van Dean uit zijn we maandag naar de Hamilton Gardens gegaan. Na de Gardens zijn we naar Brian en Nita gegaan. Met hen hebben we de Bridal Veil Falls bezocht en ...

Hamilton Gardens, ...

The day started early as James had to get up at 6 to get to CTC while I stayed in his room watching the New Zealand version of BBC Breakfast. The stories are essentially the same as the British one with a few bits of NZ news thrown in for good measure ...

Well after a pretty hectic two days post match, we chugged into Hamilton, ticketless for the NZ Maori match... The last few days were certainly eventful...we seemed to be on a mission to push the beast (van) to its limits!! It all started in New ...

... , and lets just say the kiwis know how to do beef. Truly fantastic. We landed in Hamilton and stopped at the Hamilton Gardens. Apparently my current tour guide has lived in Hamilton all his life and never stopped by. The area is large and beautiful ...

... pretty much spent travelling down to Hamilton where we spent a night. We didn't really do much here although we did visit the Hamilton Gardens as it was free and recommended by a Canadian couple who we met at the campsite. Next stop... Waitomo - ...