Martinborough Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Taranaki, meh, bring on the vino

We were hoping to meet up with a friend of my parents in New Plymouth but hadn't been able to get hold of them, and having spent Tuesday morning in the city and not finding any real reason to stay, we thought we'd have a stroll around the Botanical Gardens and then move on to a little town to the east of the mighty Mt Taranaki, called Stratford. …

Hide from the storm @ Cape Pallister

Slight panic as we heard on the radio that a storm was heading our way. We had been into the tourist information centre and an extremely helpful local lady who was very enthusiastic about the area told us all about Cape Pallister We decided to buy supplies and head for the Cape and just stay there until it stopped raining. It is at the bottom right …

Horse Trekking in the Wairarapa Mountains

Day 6 - Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!! We were up nice and early again this morning to get on the road to our next adventure...horse trekking! Chris booked a day long horseback riding tour in Wairarapa. We had to borrow a car from one of the guys at work since it was about 1.5 hours outside of where we were for our wine tour yesterday and we …

Tora Coastal Walk - day 3 (CONTAINS VIDEO)

Today is one of those days when you feel sorry for the colour-blind. The cloudless sky is the deepest of blues and the grass is the richest of greens, like when you pick the most colourful colours on the computer palette, then enhance the saturation. In the morning we set off to find the wreck of the Opua, which ran aground here back in 1926 when …

The Pinnacles

******************************** Sunday 26th October Left Wellington after stopping at Mount Victoria for great views of the harbour and a chance to catch up on the hobbit pilgrimage. A walk in the woods revealed the location where the hobbits were chased by the black riders. Drove to Lake Ferry where we went on walk to see The Pinnacles-an unusual …