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From Stanmore to Stanmore Bay
The Gentleman and Scholar and friend, Mr Andy Woodhouse, invited me stay at his wonderful part of NZ, north of Auckland. I rode on his motorbike, went fishing, kayaking (with Simon) and drinking - giving me a real, nontourist view of NZ.
Andy's lovely mother Ann also took me to see the black sands and gannets of the west coast.
Many thanks to Andy, Christine, Ann, Simon, Spring and Zane for a lovely, memorable weekend.
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Back to base
... br> It turned out my hostel was 10k from Waitomo itself so there was lots of organising to be done to book my shuttle there the next morning in time for the trip I booked and after several phone calls made using the free phone numbers (another great thing about New Zealand) I was feeling proud of myself and once again very independent. I celebrated with a pot noodle, but regretted not buying tea.
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BEAUTIFUL NEW ZEALAND
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After a short introduction we went to the Stray Office in Penrose to get a quick explanation how everything works, for example what to do when you want to hop off the bus for a couple of days and how to get on again. After that we headed to Raglan. On the way we stopped to get a coffee and a real NZ pie (recommended by our bus driver). Further down the way to Raglan we stopped at the Bridal Veil Falls, a plunging waterfall of ...
Im Norden Aucklands
... Felswand an der anderen Seite des Strandes hing ein Baum über die Felsen herab und dieser war riesig. Ich bin ziemlich nah an der Felswand vorbei gelaufen, aber mir war dabei etwas unwohl, gerade weil ich vorher auf einem Schild gelesen hatte "Danger! Falling Rocks!". Uns ist zum Glück nichts passiert und wir konnten unversehrt zum Auto zurückkehren.
Ich hatte noch die glorreiche Idee nach Shelly Beach ...
Rainforests, mountains and steaming ground
... the door and one or two with a little bit of stuff where the door was open while filming but mostly… it's just dirt!!!
We then set off for the smells of Rotorua and within an hour of driving through some of the most beautiful farming country I have ever seen. The weather smiled on us for the rest of the day and the drive to Rotorua was spectacular. We found our accommodation without incident thanks to James the GPS man and ensconced ourselves ...