Bay Bach Napier
117 Rogers Rd Napier, North Island, 4104, New Zealand
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Possum Trapping
So... long story short, I was hitchhiking (sorry Mom) to Gisborne. I got picked up in Taupo by a guy who was a possum trapper, on his way to the bush for a few days' work. I had about half an hour to judge his character (he had young daughters, seemed nice, was a hard worker) to make a possibly life or death decision on whether or not to go out into the bush with him when he offered. Weighing the fact that he had a number of ways to kill ...
Art Deco Delights
... pools the sight and sound of the mud gurgling and spouting well worth the stop. Trying to take a photo as the mud bubbles and spouts is quite challenging. Next stop Huka Falls close to where Lake Taupo outlets into the river Kaituna plunges a fearsome ice blue cascade over the Huka Falls. Quite a sight and you can watch the jet boats come right to the bottom of the falls to thrill their passengers with 360 degree spins. Next stop is Lake Taupo, New Zealand's largest lake a ...
Grey? green?, beaucoup du vin, art deco.
New Zealand/Napier
Napier is full of art deco buildings due to a massive earthquake which flattened the city in 1931 - our base for exploring the Hawke's Bay wine region. The tour we had booked started at 10am and we were picked up, along with a local from Auckland, and the morning part consisted of just us three. Nice. We went to three vineyards before lunch and by the end of the day we had visited 6. ...
Road trip rush!
When we were in Te Awamutu, we were searching for tickets to the Canada vs. Japan rugby world cup game. We looked everywhere, we called the info centre, the radio station, every website we could find.The radio station aired our plea for someone to sell us some tickets. We finally got a call from a Canadian guy named Crawford, who had 4 tickets for us, but we were 3 hours away in Cambridge. It was already noon and the game started ...
Napier and Hawke’s Bay
... like the Toby Carvery.
We woke refreshed and set off on the Hawke's Bay Vineyard Tour. I was the driver to leave the expert free to indulge! Our first stop was Te Awanga where well known wine maker Kim Crawford (who made his name in the American market and sold his brand for lots of money) is still making wines albeit, it appears, anonymously….. We were welcomed by a Labrador puppy who resembled Freddie when he ...

