Coromandel Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Bugs and Beauty

If you recall my first entry, I told you that I convinced Diane to come to New Zealand because there are no big bugs here. Well, it appears that I was wrong. We had a few of them in our motel room in Makatana last night. There were lots of mean little mosquitoes, too, and we both woke up with bites all over. I've been scratching all day.

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Coromandel Road Trip - Part 1!

On Thursday my room mate Kim invited me to come to Coromandel with her, as she'd rented a car for the weekend and had a double room booked, so wanted a companion, and someone to give her driving directions. Before we went off, we drove to Muriwai Beach, which is about 45 mins from Auckland, to spend the afternoon there. Muriwai Beach has to be one …

The beautiful Coromandel peninsula

We left Whangarei at the weekend and headed south east for the Coromandel peninsula. I had heard a lot about this area and it seems to be the most popular place for where the locals holiday. We mosied south through Auckland and I felt a little homesick stopping at a service station realising how I had missed the impersonal, concrete toilet stops of …

Out To Pasture

After a quick bite in Matamata, we continued heading up, up, up the Coromandel Peninsula. Along the way, to our great dismay, we found our car radio was suddenly not in working order. As in, not working at all. Button pressing became frantic button pounding. We pulled over in an attempt to resuscitate the old chap to no avail. Our trip still had a …

The Kiwi Experience begins

I manage to summon the courage to awake at the entirely unreasonable time of 8am- this is a novelty for the seasoned traveller, but given the Kiwi bus schedule it is completely necessary. Getting on the coach first (the result of no baggage to put into the hold) I am greeted by a particularly happy girl who is waving double handed in the centre of …

Dag 15 - Hot water

Na een stevig ontbijt (resterende mosselen, worstjes, eieren en brood) aan de schoonmaak begonnen en de auto weer ingeladen. De reis huiswaarts begonnen. Eerst naar Hot Water beach geweest. Hier kun je een kuil graven op het strand en vervolgens kun je dan genieten van een bad met warm grondwater. De reis vervolgd richting Cathedral Cove nabij …

Dag 14 - Strand & speervissen

De volgende dag richting New Chums beach gereden, waarvoor we een redelijk hike moesten afleggen via een ander strand, wat rotsen en over een heuvel. Kosten ons een klein half uurtje. Er aangekomen was het toch zeker de moeite waard! Dit bleek een van de top 20 stranden ter wereld te zijn, en dat was zeker goed te zien. Wit zand, blauwe zee, weinig …

Hot water beach og Cathedral cove

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18. oktober

En omgang skiftende vejr var endnu engang paa programmet for denne morgen. For er der noget himmelen kan paa NZ, saa er det at skifte fra fuldstaendig blaa til trist graa paa nul komma fem (desvaerre ogsaa gerne i denne raekkefoelge). Vi besluttede os for at koere tilbage til det …

New zealand quirkiness at it's best

the lion's den, where we stayed on our final night, epitomised the new zealand quirkiness at it's best, with fairy lights, a tipi in the garden and painted canvases of african tribeswomen hanging from the walls. at the tip of the coromandel peninsula, as far away as you could get from civilisation around there, it finally felt a shame to be leaving …

Pedalling T.O

this past week has been a great respite from the arduous up and down drama that is my life on the bike.  

After leaving Auckland for the Coromandel, I stayed in a hostel in Coromandel town for 3 days.  Seeing the megaliths of hills that dwarfed those in the northland, I thought it would be best to rent a car to see the countryside.  Myself …