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Katikati Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Katikati, New Zealand
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Conservation Work
This is long overdue and I don't have much time at all, but here is a quick recap of our first two weeks of the ISV project. We got there and met everyone and our project leader (we got the best one). During the 2 weeks we stayed in a tiny town with ...
Hot Water Beach
Rano zapakowalismy naszych Tajwanczykow i ruszylismy w strone darmowych kiwi. Ale po drodze, po kolejnej dyskusji, w koncu Vinni sie poddal i sobie te owoce odpuscil. Pojechalismy za to na HotWater Beach - plaze, gdzie w godzinach odplywu woda odslania ...
Welcome Home
It is just beautiful, Tony & Lucille live in a rural setting, there are dairy cows on the hill behind the house. The next door neighbor has a small dairy, milking 140 cows a day. The sheep are grazing on the hills surrounding the house, ...
Touring the area
Yesterday we went for a motorcycle ride through the rural countryside, went into Katikati and visited shops and the local landmark "Barry" I have attached a pic of David and Barry. We are staying in the beautiful rural area and yet are only ...
Daffers's Maiden Voyage
... think the size and weight of the vehicle, and the fiendishly wiggly, hilly roads of the outskirts of Katikati, and characteristic, I fear, of the whole of New Zealand, combined on this inaugural flight to give me the impression that I could, given a ...
Riding motorbikes at sunrise in Katikati
... poking fun at their language from Flight of the Concords). The hour journey takes me through Whangamata, (fangamata), Wahei and finally to Katikati where I'll be couch surfing once again with some locals who live up on a hill outside of town in an eco ...
drive up to Mt. Maunganui
We left Turangi and the Tongariro National Park when it was raining heaviliy and very dark there. Drove all the way up to the coast in hope for some better weather. And we really had MUCH better weather. It felt like being in Spain again... Perfect ...
A quiet little town
... have an early finish in the kiwifruit pack house on that day Rudi decide to take Agi on a road trip for the afternoon. Katikati is a small town, known for its colourful murals (wall paintings) spangling the town's buildings. There are indeed a lot of ...
Waihi beach!!
... me if I wanted to go to Waihi beach with them. Of course I did!! How could I pass up an opportunity to hang out at a new beach? So I grabbed my bag and we all headed to Laura and Stella's van. In total we had six Germans: Stella, Laura, Simon, Madeline, ...
L and P Town
... takes some getting used to! This is possibly why they don't export it overseas. Their slogan? "World Famous in New Zealand ". It's sweet as. The giant L&P bottle had some history of the drink around it, ...
Dag 6 - Coromendals - Athenree
De dag begon weer lekker vroeg vandaag! Om half 8 hadden we weer de wekker moeten zetten om voor 10 uur van de camping af te zijn. Na het uitchecken kwamen we er gelijk al achter dat de camping die wij op het oog hadden voor vanavond al vol zat! Dus we ...
Avocado Heaven...Sort of
... so instead of travelling to the famed Bay of Islands, we opted for the quieter Coromandel Peninsula. Our first stop was Katikati, though technically this is not yet the Coromandel Peninsula. On the way we stopped Minden Lookout, which had a great view ...
It Could Be Worse....
... the noise actually went away and then Daisey desided she had enough! We had to pull over, about 2km outside a town called KatiKati. There was a house right by where we were pulled over and cautiously walked up to the house as you never ...
Hahei Beach
On the way back, we diverted to Hahei beach- was well worth the effort as was a great beach- with it's white sand and gentle surf- reminded us of OZ beaches. The water was extremely clear. The islands in the distance reminded us of Thailand. Dragged ...
The Day in KatiKati
We mostly spent the morning sleeping in and then walking around KatiKati. It was rainy most of the day as usual. We spent the entire afternoon baking all sorts of goodies. Nikki made soft pretzels, Georgia made peanut butter cups, and Alice ...
Beginning of the End
... to feel normal and routine. Kristin, Nikki and I left Uni this evening with Georgia and Alice to go to Alice’s house in KatiKati for the next couple of days. Here we’ll be hurrying to make as many last memories as we can fit into these ...
Desperately seeking Hot Water Beach
Having heard about hot water beach many moons ago Approx 25 years), we finally were going there today. Its recommended that you arrive 1 hour before low tide and stay until 1 hour after low tide, and take a spade of course! Having worked out low ...
Stuck in town!!!
... started out hot, fine ,cloudless, and hot again. After doing our chores and a good sleep in,we headed off the township of Katikati. Trouble soon arrived before we left the camping ground as the bus wasn't wanting to start. We managed to crank her up in ...
The life of a "KIWI"
... have been spent picking Kiwi fruit!!! I have had yet another incredible experience with memories and lessons to last my lifetime. KatiKati, which I began to refer to as "Cat"ie- "Cat"ie, due to the fact that there are unfriendly outdoor cats ...
Working holiday :)
... of the world. After our fish adventure we moved to mural town Katikati. We found out that if we stayed in a backpackers hostel in Katikati we could work for the owner pruning kiwifruit plants. That turned out to be a great choice! We still slept in Morris ...
Been on the road for a week now....
Tanked up first thing, and the guy spilt gas on the Kombi so got a free carwash out of- good timing as badly needed. Choice At an Old Church having a coffee in Cambridge. really good stuff here!! Another fine day ,with the AC on full (both windows ...
Te Puke or bust!
... a good canvas for some more VW photos! Luckily no rain here but was wet every where else. From there we found our way back to Katikati and had a nice meal at the local Tui tavern. Then got back in time to hook up the Kombi to the tent. Now plenty of time ...
Camping at Waihi
I'm waiting for my WOF. Sapphire Springs at Katikati last night-- what a jewel. A house all to my own for 15 bucks, free hot pools, all-natural, very old Kauri trees and Puriri tree. Went for a few walks to visit those trees, monuments really, and swam in ...
BLOOD AND BONE
... t-bars and these are quite low. Instead of picking and waiting and breaking my back, then, I gave Leonie and Ross in Katikati a ring, two of Grumps's good mates, and then stayed with them in their beautiful ocean side ocean view house and planted ...
A proper Kiwi (and Scottish) BBQ
... by a massive BBQ that Pete did not have to cook! We listened to stories of their Scottish roots and migration to New Zealand and learnt a new dice game. Well, we played more than we actually understood but it was lots of fun. Needless to say, the luck of ...
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