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Coopers Beach Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Coopers Beach, New Zealand
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Mangonui & Keri Keri
This is a top pick! ... happily stocking up on drop in a Dutch shop, we were on our way. We couldn't resist having lunch at what was apparently New Zealand's best Fish & Chip shop. It did not disappoint as, sat overlooking Mangonui harbour, we filled up for the rest ...
Why Poo?
This is a top pick! **WARNING: This entry is bogful of toilet humour. Proceed at your own risk** Thusfar we've toured the Northland, the region of the North Island just above Auckland. Aside from the scenic beauty (the pics say it all) we noticed that ...
Matai Bay and Murray the Orange Guy
The owner of a local store gave us a bag of oranges off of his numerous trees. He kept putting more and more oranges in the bag. He's developing a place where travellers can park for the night for a small fee. Really nice guy, one of those people we ...
Whatuwhiwhi (Faut a FiFi)
The Ladies cracked up in the office when we said Whatuwhiwhi! They said they have been called it all now. Great little place with very friendly people. We rested up here after the long drive, Tyler need it. ...
Tokerau Beach, on the Karikari Peninsula
... pretty areas, and touristy, but not many here when we got here, we looked around and we decided to head for a campsite on Tokerau Beach, where there was a pingpong Table, Baz loved beating me at it!!!! i am sooooo crap at pingpong!!! But we had a nice ...
Coopers Beach
... coloured ceramics and glass. We introduce the girls to another Kiwi institution, Tip Top ice cream. The rental house at Cooper's Beach is everything we were hoping for. It is tastefully kitted out with a huge deck overlooking the sea. There ...
Mangonui
Sunny weather and blue skies this morning so we head to Manganoui, a little town just round the coast of Doubtless Bay. It has is a small fishing port and a few shops. Several buildings date from the early settler days and have interesting plaques giving ...
Gaa- og fisketure - Doubless Bay
... korte til stranden for at fiske, mens Jan og jeg gik en tur op paa en hojderyg. Efter frokost korte vi alle til Matai Beach, hvor bornene fiskede mens Jan og jeg laeste paa stranden. Der var en mand som dykkede efter sopindsvin, som hans kone flaekkede og ...
Ian's place
... fish n cheaps in Mangonui and go to the lookout above Coopers Beach. We spend the night at Ian's place in Coopers Beach. לישראלים - אני ממליץ ...
Terrific toilets
We've been hugely impressed by the standard of public toilets in New Zealand, which for the most part have been very clean, free, plentiful. Suzanne had told us about some amazing talking toilets she once went to, opposite a cafe called the 'Smashed ...
Hit North (Solo para leerse escuchando a The Fall)
... e irme a caminar, terminé escribiendo cosas en la arena, al final orgulloso de mis mensajes sonreí divertido por mis bobadas, Rarawa Beach por si alguien gusta ir a leer que fue lo que escribí...hahahahahahaha, kilómetros mas adelante me topé con un ...
Living the Maori way
... piece of land, stretching from the road their house leads on to, all the way to maitai bay, an absolutely gorgeous beach. They land is estimated to be worth millions but it would never be sold, it stays in the family forever and everyone in ...
Bay of Islands
Feb 9 (8th to you). This was it. Our first chance to try out our driving skills on the wrong, that is left side of the road. I made sure that I got an automatic so tht I wouldn't have to shift gears with my left hand. Nevertheless I don't know how ...
Up and around the Northland
If you look at a map of New Zealand, you'll notice that the country is divided by a north island and a south island. For some reason the south island is considered the mainland, but whatever. Further, the north island is partitioned into ...
Tobogganing
... northern peninsula of north island. We are going by coach as part of the tour involves driving on the Ninety Mile Beach, classified as a public road but forbidden to hire cars. The peninsula was originally several islands, mainly consisting of sand ...
Trying to piece ourselves together
We drive back down the road to Kerikeri, visit the supermarket and browse the Sunday Market for locally grown fruit and vegetables. Back at the house, we brave the sea for a swim have a barbecue on the deck in the evening. I am now a convert ...
Dinosaur trees
... few seafood restaurants, and some gift- and craft shops. The seafood restaurant on the wharf was proved to be one of the best in New-Zealand. We had fresh seafood dinner there later in the evening. Before we "called it a day “ we did a ...
Cape Crusaders
... his house, and we were amazed at what greeted us. His house was absolutely stunning, perched on the side of a hill overlooking Coopers Beach, surrounded by glistening blue sea and comprising of many features we’d dream of having in a house of our ...
Bay of Islands
... included some fesh shell fish that we had collected form the beach. At dusk we also climbed the massive hill overlooking the beach. The hill has a monumnet to the Rainbow Warrior, A greenpeace ship that was bombed by French agents in Auckland Harbour ...
Christmas Shopping
In the morning we do last minute Christmas shopping in Kerikeri. On the way in, we drive behind a campervan with a for sale sign in the back that looks as if it would suit the girls. I tailgate it to try to see a phone number, probably terrifying the ...
90-mile beach
... vi mod NV til vestkysten op til det omraade, som kiwierne selv kalder "Far North". Hele vestkysten er een lang strand, 90 mile Beach. Og der var stort set ingen mennesker. Dejligt at komme ud i bolgerne efter en lang koretur. Vi havde kobt et boogieboard ...
Yes Sir I can Boogie
... the town. The final section involves hauling ourselves up with chains but the view more than rewards us. Back at the beach, the girls demonstrate their boogie board skills. I put on a frankly masterful display of surfing brilliance. The girls ...
Christmas Barbie
After breakfast we phone the UK and open presents before getting the kayaks out for another paddle in the bay. For lunch we cook bacon and French toast on the barbecue and then relax for the rest of the afternoon. Christmas dinner is another ...
Cook really was a literary wizard!
... camps but as such, are pretty basic - this one had a flushing toilet but only cold showers, we also backed onto a lovely beach which had a naturist section at the far end - shame the weather wasn't warmer really! The following day, we continued up the ...
Palmsunday under the palms
... wake up to, beautiful weather and ocean view from our bedroom. After breakfast we drove to Tapakakeno Point. There we found a lovely beach, and spent the day swimming in the ocean surfs, playing soccer and hiking in the bush. In the evening we ...
Bay of Islands and Cape Reinga
... of Islands, we drove north and west across the island then branched north again up towards Cape Reinga - the most northerly point in New Zealand. The drive took a long time - around three hours - and the last section was unpaved dirt road. It ...
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