Bream Bay Lodge Waipu

Wir entschlossen uns, an diesem Morgen an einem Strand zu fruehstuecken. Da hier ja immer irgendwo ein Strand ist, sollte das nicht unmoeglich sein. Also rauf auf den TwinCoast Highway.<br><br>Tatsaechlich gelangten wir an eine tolle Bucht, in der die Moewen uns beim Fruehstueck erwischten und natuerlich gleich ihren Kumpanen Bescheid gaben, sodass sie sich hinterher um unsere Brotkruemel zoffen konnten.<br><br>Bevor wir in ...

Greetings everybody. (po polsku na dole strony)<br><br>We hope you are all well &amp; enjoying the end of summer...<br><br>We're still in Auckland. Yesterday (Sunday 30th) we moved to a much nicer hotel/hostel at the top of Vincent St. The rooms are nice &amp; it also has a common area for cooking/dining &amp; chilling out - all clean &amp; comfortable. Great price too, which always helps. We thoroughly enjoyed the Hilton though. It was so clean &amp; spacious &amp ...

... but jesus I'd love someone to give me a lift up all the hills like the other half dozen pie scoffers! I sensed their pride took a small dive when they asked me how far I'd come. I looked down at my trip computer which had just clocked over 24,400 kms. Their jaws dropped. "Yeah London last July" i went on... I rode another 200m to the crest of the hill and set myself up on the roadside for a sandwich - fresh eggs (which I'd hard boiled the night before) given to me by the ...

Scout Camp at Waipu<br><br> We met at the Scout Den late on Friday afternoon and headed north, stopping at Wellsford for a late dinner of McDonalds. We arrived at the farm in Waipu and found that the farmer had not unlocked the gete, so we had to wait while a key was located. Then, well after dark, we put the tents up. We finished around midnight and then fell into bed dog ...

30.01.2009 Wir stehen um 8.00 Uhr auf und machen alles fuer die Abreise fertig. Dann gehts los :) Das Wetter ist toll, Sonnenschein bei etwa 24 Grad. Wir fahren auf den Motorway Nr.1 Richtung Norden, die Strasse bringt uns durch Auckland durch. Da wir nicht ueber die Maut Strasse fahren wollen, machen wir einen kleinen Schlenker und fahren durch Orewa. DAnn weiter nach Warkworth, wo wir einen kurzen Stopp einlegen, um uns einen 800 Jahre alten Kauri Baum anzusehen ...

... another pleasant place to take a short walk had we not need to get to our destination. Whangerai itself was by far the largest town (or city) we had seen in New Zealand outside of Auckland. On the final stretch of our journey we had torrential rain, but only for 5 or 10 minutes and it was bright again when we turned off the SH1 at Warkworth to Matakana. We were greeted at our accommodation ("Cedarhouse") by the owners, Ian and Rosalind, who opened the electric ...

... suppose to be one of the toughest, with several river crossings, ankle deep mud, swarms of sand flies and downed trees obstructing the tracks. Just to reach the trailhead involves three modes of transport, which includes chartering our own boat. Sounds like fun doesn't it! Along the drive today I stopped at Orewa beach to visit the information centre to pick up some materials about the national and ...

We followed Ann Marie, Mike and Jess in their car and got to Pakiri campsite at about 5.30pm. It was fully dark and we helped the others set up their tent. It had been raining but we were lucky whilst we were setting up. As Jess settled down to sleep we attacked a box of wine and I set off with Mike and Tom to go fishing from the beach which was just behind the campsite. It was very windy and we staggered about but didnt manage to catch anything (I got the ...

... areas of the country. The Maoris used them for boat building and housing but it was the Europeans shipbuilding and timber felling of these giants that absolutely decimated them. They are now protected and we were glad of the chance to be able to see these fabulous trees. The kauri can live for 2000 years, grew up to 60 metres tall and have a 5 metre diameter. We had seen the American Sequoia ...

This morning we drove out of town and over the hill to find the most beautiful beach so far which was Langs Beach. It was a long and wide, white sandy beach. We finally found a great beach to unload from driving so much and we actually got in the water. It was really warm, like Hawaii in the winter. We body surfed and frolicked in the water and felt rejuvenated ...