Mussel Bed Bed and Breakfast Whitianga
892 Purangi Road Whitianga, The Coromandel, North Island, RD1, New Zealand
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this B&BMussel Bed Bed and Breakfast Whitianga
Rocks World
Monday 21st January After taking the morning bus from Nelson to Takaka we were met at the bus stop by David Sarll and his son Harry. We will be spending the next few weeks working in return for food and board at Rocks World, a small farm owned by David and his wife Ann. On the way there David told me that they have lived in Bradford (where I was …
Spit on me, Dickie....
We left Motueka late enough and by the time we got to our hostel just north of Collingwood it was well dark. In fact we nearly drove past it as it was way out in the sticks. We actually stopped to give a lift to an English hitchhiker en route. He turned out to be a Buddhist who was heading north to spend three weeks in a farmhouse on his own …
A day in the life of the Nugget....
After the excesses in the Mussel Inn the night before we had a later than anticipated start for our day's driving. back the way we came and down to the West Coast. This wasn't before Kenno had managed to get the Nugget bogged in the sand at the beach that morning. Luckily, a nice guy came buy and tugged it out with his four wheel drive. We got …
Takaka Hill and Golden Bay
Day 3 - Wandering around Golden Bay - ~200 kms The weather continues brilliant. Where's all this rain we heard so much about? Should've brought more shorts....... We drive up Takaka Hill, which is not at all frightening once you've been to Kaiteriteri. Stop at several lookouts on the way up for photos, including Hawke's Lookout, where we find a …
The Wedding
We headed back to Nelson after our kayak trip to stay with wonderful Louise, Maddy and Theo, family friends from Fiji who are just amazing. We had a fabulous time staying with them. It was around this time that Amanda would be leaving us to head back down to Dunedin for a job that she was hoping to get. This was a very sad time. We had become a …


