Hastings Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Weihnachten bei 26°C

Nach einem kurzen Zwischenstopp in Martinborough mit BBQ und Uebernachtung im Zelt vom 22.12. auf den 23.12. ging es mit Dave, Geli und ihren Eltern, Krissi und ihren Eltern Richtung Norden zur Hawkes Bay. In Havelock North hatten wir fuer 3 Naechte ein ganzes Haus gemietet und wollten alle zusammen Weihnachten feiern. Andrea und Peter waren zu …

Day 28 Tue: Hastings.......lets make haste

If I thought the weather had finished with is last night I was wrong. It was very windy during the night. I guess there is nothing much for a southerly coming of the antarctic to hit except NZ. Everyone else seemed to sleep through it but I ended up getting up and putting away the BBQ into the garage which I had visions of taking flight.  Andrea …

Get to work, you lazy bum.

H:This morning Tom has had a leisurely start walking to work for a 9.30 start. I am once more stuck in with Amy still not having eaten anything and after watching The Gruffalo and some 'choo choo' (Thomas) has gone back to bed.

T:Yup, that's right. Today I showed how modern a man I am by going to work and leaving Helen at home imprisoned …

Hawkes Bay wineries

Hawkeys Bay is one of New Zealands oldest wine regions. There are plenty of vineries around the cities of Hastings and Napier. The area is most respected for their C******nay and Bordeaux style Merlot and Cabernet.
Craggy Range had a classy building, professional service and amazing wines. The luck was with us this day, they had two bottles of …

One last day in Waipukurau

There isn’t much work left to do on the farm at this point. All the pruning is done, the barbecue won’t be built quite yet, and harvest isn‘t for another few months. We only put in a small fraction of the total number of hours we should have put into work today. Maybe that’s just because us Canadians are just so efficient in …

Hastings

It had rained overnight and the whole area was covered in mist, obscuring the lake only 100 metres away. Oh no - here we go again! By the time we had set off the mist on the lake was slowly lifting and the road to the south east was clear and bright. We drove through fields and then into forests as the 'Thermal Explorer Highway', Hwy 5, gradually …

Campervan capers!!!

Hi all, Got loads to update travelpod with and i will when i have longer on the net, we got a campervan, and headed down the west coast, to the bay of Plenty, then hit highway number 2, or the pacific highway, the views were fantastic, we stayed in a nature reserve over night, it was off the planet!! We went to Gisbourne, which is the most easterly …