Gisborne, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Gorillas to Gizzy
Apr 15, 2005 (11 photos)

... decided to go to sleep. It was odd to be back in the same place in Wellington. The last time I was there I was in New Zealand for two days. It was quite different then. I stayed the night and the headed out in the morning. Thursday I headed West in ...

As far East as it gets
Feb 24, 2004 (8 photos)

... a camping stove - it always tastes like the best breakfast you have ever had. Back on the road we headed for Gisborne - New Zealand's most easterly city (and hence the world...you can see a theme developing here). Having roughed it a little last night ...

Happy Birthday To Ewe
Oct 6, 2004 (9 photos)

... splurge can wait until we actually fly over it in a few weeks, going back in time in the process. Once in Gisborne we found a beachfront caravan park before driving into town for a quick nose and a hunt for a nice little restaurant to commiserate Soph ...

Road trip to Gisborne
Apr 19, 2005

... direction, taking approximately 9 days to complete it. But when I saw someone putting up a notice on Sunday, offering a lift to Gisborne the following day, I changed my mind and decided to do it in reverse. Not only did it save me having to catch two ...

Gisborne Maori country
Mar 8, 2008 (22 photos)

... lunch as we were able to take advantage of the 24 hour Internet access we purchased; WiFi seems to be pretty rare in some parts of New Zealand even though it's 2008. It's amazing how much admin and e-mails pile up over a few days so it was a relief to get ...

The Vegetarian Option
Mar 7, 2007 (14 photos)

In terms of the 'International Date Line', Gisborne, of New Zealand's north island is the most eastern mainland city. It is said that those who watch the sun rise from Gisborne are the first on the planet to see the dawn of the new day. This was enough. ...

Something Good Has Begun
May 5, 2006 (8 photos)

... Zealand. So I got a bus with Sophie to Auckland. I wouldn't say this freeloading experiment changed my view of New Zealand too much. But I'm grateful for the opportunity to meet these decent and generous people. If anything the experience taught me ...

To the far east
Jan 6, 2004 (3 photos)

... Napier. We likewise give short shrift to Gisbourne, home of Kiri Te Kanawa, and location for Cook's first landing in New Zealand. Emma and I hit a bookstore waiting for our takeout food and purchase Lyra's Oxford, a continuation of Philip Pullman's ...

Gisborne YHA
Mar 9, 2006

... to see the sun rise but having woken up the morning before at 5:45 i sure wasn't going to do it again. Met a few Canadians in the evening who had plenty to chat about there travels across OZ and working in New Zealand. Thats all for now Richard

Tokomaru Bay
Dec 1, 2007

Brians Place, first sunrise in the world

WOLFGANG AND THE BOX OF MAGIC SHELLS
Dec 17, 2003

... re-arranging his clothes.  Wolfgang was well over 6 feet tall and incredibly fit and lean.  He had flown into New Zealand a couple of days ago and immediately started cycling.  Distances and times came tumbling out of his mouth faster than a ...

Off Roading
May 27, 2007

... the other side of the park the next morning. The plan was to tie up with Keith and Cathy in Napier (they were in New Zealand on their honeymoon), but we worked out they would be travelling through the town of Wairoa at about the same time as us, ...

Montana Winery and Gisbourne
Dec 11, 2006 (4 photos)

... really superb.       It was really obvious that Stu and Steph both absolutely love New Zealand and they have a gorgeous little house practically on Wainui surfing beach, about 10 minutes outside Gisbourne. Stu is well ...

Dame Kiri and the Flying Nun!
Dec 20, 2005 (1 photos)

The first sunrise in the world, and Whale Rider
Apr 26, 2007 (2 photos)

... worth it to see the locations. its ANZAC day today (25th April) which is to commemerate the members of the australian and new zealand army corps landing in gallipoli in WWI, and everything is closed until 1pm, so there wasnt much to do in gisborne so we ...

Lake Waikaremoana
Dec 30, 2007 (10 photos)

... . After checking in, we continued another 15 km up the road to Lake Waikaremoana itself.  It's a large lake, and New Zealand's deepest, and the approach from the south strongly reminded me of the approach to Lake Atitlán in Guatemala--a stunning ...

The incident and the kindness of strangers
Jan 5, 2005

... feel to them. City streets lined with palm trees. Funky old buildings. Beaches. Vineyards. Beautiful sunny days like I imagine New Zealand summers should be. There was a great fireworks extravaganza on the night of Jan 1st, much better than the actual New ...

East As trip
Apr 1, 2006 (2 photos)

... on from my last update....I left Napier on the next Kiwi Experience bus (with the hangover from hell) and joined a new group and driver to head onto Gisborne. On the way we stopped off at a winery, bleurgh!! I couldn't really face any more wine tasting ...

Gisborne
Jun 4, 2007

Woke up at 8am, and opened the curtain to beautiful sun-shine.  Wandered off into the town centre for a wander...saw the place where Captain Cook first came ashore (and proceeded to kill several Maori, but that's not what he's remembered for!).  ...

Christmas
Dec 25, 2004 (1 photos)

Up until this point, I have been able to compact and compress my experiences to a few short sentences, and still feel like I have described myself well. I will never be able to describe my Christmas in Tokamaru bay adequately. Brians place is a very ...

SPA POOL PARANOIA
Dec 18, 2003

... comment about English folk being well educated.  I tried to change the subject and told them how friendly I'd found everyone in New Zealand and how in London if you attempt to start up a conversation with a stranger they'll more often than not look ...

Beautiful beach and a friendly dolphin called Moko
Jan 10, 2009 (13 photos)

... . It was a stunning place and Richard gave us a guided tour of the peninsula. We went to his friend's house for a home-cooked meal and a few bevvies and then up the next morning to drive to Gisborne and on to Whakatane to dive White Island.

A Kiwi Christmas and a New Year in New Zealand
Jan 20, 2007

A Kiwi Christmas and a New Year in New Zealand My first Christmas  and New Years away from home on the beautiful beaches of Gisborne. After a Christmas celebration with our dear friends in Auckland, Laura and I decided to go visit her hometown& ...

The paradise spot!
Feb 13, 2007

The paradise spot!

Winery
Feb 14, 2007

Wwoofing Winery

First to see the sunrise!
Apr 7, 2006

After Napier i headed east (via more dirt tracks that i thought i would detour on - not worth it!) to Gisbourne. This is a really nice city with palm trees lining the centre and a clock tower which is lit up really nicely at night. i didn't spend too long ...

Morere, Gisborne and Opitiki
Apr 25, 2007 (1 photos)

24th April 2007 - Morere, Gisborne and Opotiki, New Zealand The town of Morere consists of a combined shop/diner/campsite, a lodge and the Springs.  The Springs are a lot more rustic than those at Hanmer but at only $5 each to go in they are a ...

The rain it rains!
Jun 29, 2009 (2 photos)

Gisbourne and surrounding area has experienced 1 months rain in 48hrs. Good thing I took that lift.

What amazing scenery:)
Oct 29, 2009

... a one horse town and Simon bought me a bag of penny sweets! Ifelt like i was 5 again!! We drove the gorge route to Gisborne and the weather was lovely coming through the gorge, raining and sunshine- with a huge rainbow:) By the time we got to Gisborne (the ...

East As....
Aug 29, 2005 (2 photos)

... mosaics and a few colorful buildings around town. From there we headed to the coast and spent the night just outside of Gisborne. The hostal we were staying at was right across from beach. This is usually a surfers paradise, because the waves are violent ...