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Nut farm, more boosting, breaking the law, BLAT
... I loved your story about the bear on the deck. It made me smile because a local NZ fellow thought I was saying "bear" when I was asking him about a "beer". Sometimes our accents make things a bit tricky in conversation. And, yes, Diane is going to post her Favorites very soon now. At the moment she is deeply immersed in searching out sights and activites for Rotorua which is where we are headed ...
Bushwalking
... lohnenswerte Wanderung, was Neuseeländer als Bushwalking bezeichnen. Der Weg führte uns hoch über der Küste einer Krete entlang und war anfänglich in Berg- und Talbahnmanier mit einigen Höhenmetern gespickt. Es boten sich immer wieder herrliche Ausblicke über das Meer und das Umland. Auch Treppen waren zahlreich vertreten, die teilweise auch wegen ihrem Zustand ...
White Island – it’ll BLOW you away...(
... 8217;s formations - if you strayed too far from where the guide trod then you risked being cooked like a kebab as there were many areas where the ground would not support the weight of your average visitor and down into 120-Celsius mud you dropped. It was funny, looking at the bubbling pools here and there - I constantly had the chants from Indiana Jones in my head, when the cage was being lowered to the larva ‘Hey Num Shu-a, Hey Num ...
Solo Road Trip
... rocky shore of the little beach, following them around the cliffs, which was very pretty. It stopped raining and was nice to watch the waves and appreciate the shapes of the cliffs. Then I got adventurous and climbed up the rocks, but was met with thorny bushes and crumbly rocks before the top, but thought it'd be easier to keep going up than down, and maybe there'd be a path at the top. But it was just a peak and I thought I ...
Jodie!!!
... worked this out say it out loud). 'Fack-ka-tane'. Kinda sounds a little rude huh??? The town got its name from a Maori story. This is how it goes: Thanks to Wiki for helping me get this right!
Maori settlement dates back to 1150 – Toi-te-huatahi landed in Whakatane in search of his Grandson Whatonga. He was unable to locate him so settled on the highest point of the headland which is now known as Whakatane Heads – which currently overlooks the present town. ...

