Lesley's B&B
Pomare Road, Russell
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Lesley's B&B Russell

Pomare Road Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

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Russell, Last Stop in NZ

A travel blog entry by andydonald

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The drive north was nice and scenic, but the roads were pretty busy until we got fairly near Russell. We stopped off at the strangest cafe we've seen, called Eutopia. This was constructed as a kind of fantasy building, using a technique called ferrocement (pronounced ferro-cement). It uses metal rods covered in a cement mixture, almost looking like …

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Whaler's town

A travel blog entry by lsteen

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... to view the oldest buildings in NZ. - a mission station, an old church and some houses. We hope to get back to Kerikeri before we leave Northland and head south.

Here in Russell we have checked in to the Duke of Marlborough Inn which is the oldest licensed premises in New Zealand. It was built in 1827and started as "Johnny Johnston's Grog Shop". In the 1830s Russell was ...

Kayaking and waterfalls

A travel blog entry by dcrates

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... in the ocean and drop lines for snapper. I've never fished snapper and it took some time to get use to. We fish with squid and let the line drop to the bottom with a weight. Once there, it is intantly hit and I reel in. Hey! I caught a snapper! and another, and another, lines twisted and tangled, another snapper, another snapper, more tangle etc....this goes on for the next hour and a half. It really was fun and alot ...

Swimming with dolphins not

A travel blog entry by maryh

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... live! The B&B we are staying at is well worth a look. www.arcadialodge.co.nz It''s very comfortable and the have a cat. Tonight it's thai then onto Rawene tomorrow. Another packing episode. Have a good trip Luke. We will be at the airport when you ...

Northland

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... celebrations in 1940 and was made from 3 massive kauri trees. I was stopped by one of the employees who gave me a free cheese & wine tasting ticket – some food festival on the go around here today. I hung around until 17h15, firstly walking through some lovely forest along a short trail near the visitor center. The Bledisloe Cup was on display (the largest silver trophy in the world) and some Kiwi rugby player was lurking – no doubt he’s into wineries or ...