Whangarei Falls

First of all this is gonna be quite long, so sorry, secondly I may miss details out, but that is only because I just typed this whole entry out and was about to press send when the whole thing just deleted itself from the screen L really not happy about that one.

So I'm not sure if I have told you people about my plans already, so bear …

29th Dec - Long drive up past Auckland, stopping at Long Bay for lunch-incredibly windy beach front. As we kept going North the rain and gale force winds started, which they say is going to last for a few days. Bad Times!

Puhoi was supposed to be our Cheese tasting experience but the factory was closed for a private Jazz function so …

We left Orewa, having not seen much of it other than the beach and we headed north again. We made a stop off in a lovely little spot called Mangawhai Heads on the eastern coast. It was a place I'd thought about staying on the way but decided just to drop in for lunch. Our eye was caught by a sign for a show home and we decided to drop in and have a …

We got our first intercity public coach to Whangarai. Intercity coaches are just like national express coaches, the earlier you book the cheaper they are. The only difference is because they do not have any toilets on the bus they stop every two hours for a break. They also give you a bit of a sightseeing commentary as they drive you along.
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... I did walk about 4K bear foot because the new deck shoes had given me blisters. We where meting back at Pete's house which overlooks Haruru Falls. I did the walk in about 3 hours, I think if I had had shoes on it would have been faster, but I would have ...

... , I drove for about 3 hrs North up Route 1 utnil I felt I'd got to where I was going. This turned out to be Whangarei. The scenery is most impressive. It reminds me of Scotland except that the hills are more pointy. And greener. And everywhere is covered ...

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... along the west coast, first stop in Orewa beach. From there we headed north and took a detour to the beautiful Whangarei Falls which is a popular spot for swimming apparently...of course yours truly took the plunge only to be flapping and shrieking as ...

On the way through Whangarei we stopped at the beautiful Whangarei falls for a few pics and some nice vistas along the way ...

... entspannend. So entspannend, dass ich spontan ein kurzes Nickerchen gehalten hab. Später bin ich dann endlich bei den Whangarei Falls rausgekommen. Das ist die Paris Hilton der neuseeländischen Wasserfäll – nicht der schönste aber definitiv ...

... also been to the NZ equivalent of Farmfoods to get all our cheap food. So as long as the car keeps going, we'll hopefully not spend too much here. One thing we did do in Whangarei was go to the Whangarei falls, which was really cool - check the ...

... took a 737 flight to Auckland and then hopped on a 16 seat turbo prop for the short jump up to Whangarei. I've got to say flying in New Zealand is so much more pleasant than the US. You don't have to nearly strip and they seemed pleasantly surprised ...

... , is right next door to Little Earth. So we borrowed some helmets and headtorches and went exploring. Whangarei Falls The most photographed falls in New Zealand, 26 metres high, very pretty. Orongo Bay Where we played with the funny seaweed on the beach ...

... at beautiful scenery – it’s a hard life! The next day, we got up early and went for a walk at Whangerei Falls, the most photographed waterfall in NZ, apparently (and we added to the total). It was beautiful (need more synonyms!) and we were ...