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Bay of Islands & beyond

A travel blog entry by bec_f

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... green lipped mussels per person, if the Maori allowed it - not sure where there wer to ask so we just walked along the beach. Goat Island is the first marine park in NZ and you can see fish swimming from the rocks - we saw blue moamoa and snapper - great ...

Scuba Diving in the Hen and Chicken Islands

A travel blog entry by jdcotton

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Carey, Jim and I drove the hour or so north to Leigh, and onto the Goat Island Reserve where the dive shop is operated. Brian, the dive-master and captain, took us to Taranga Island first, with Nora as our dive leader. After getting outfitted for our wet ...

Leigh

A travel blog entry by cielo

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... nach drei verliessen wir die Hoehlen und hatten einen Kaffee in Wellsford um unser naechsten Ziel zu besprechen. Wir beschlossen, in Leigh zu uebernachten und gelangen dort um 18.30h. Leigh ist ein kleines Dorf am Meeresufer und so parkierten wir am ...

Leigh

A travel blog entry by harryandnorah

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... we headed north on Hwy 1 and then turned north east to the 'Northland' coast, where we finally stopped for the night at Leigh, a quiet, small town near to the coast. We were the only people stopping at the motel and there were no restaurants or cafes in ...

Thermal Pools

A travel blog entry by girijagriffin

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... ; Both Lalitha and I tried fishing but no fishies.... Well, none for us; the guy who showed us how to use our brand new fishing pole caught a couple of snapper for dinner - so much for beginner's luck. To add insult to injury, not only did we ...

Goat Island

A travel blog entry by suzy.travels

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... Island known as Goat Island, which is a Marine Reserve. We camped here overnight, which was really fun, and I'll just add that New Zealand campsites differ from those England as in NZ, a kitchen is provided for all campers to cook etc in, complete with a ...

Leigh

A travel blog entry by mikeandlindsey

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Magick� hlubina

A travel blog entry by yunda

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... par�da, člověk mus� zůstat v klidu, všechno řešit hlavou, nezmatkovat a šetřit dech. Goat Island je rezervace, kde se nesm� rybařit. A ryby to v�, takže si tam kolem V�s nerušeně plavou v�c ...

Boiling mud and glow worms

A travel blog entry by rozandjack

... who I eventually tell to shut up!!) There are hundreds of glow-worms on the cave ceiling. Truly magical. Then MORE driving to Leigh to our B and B. Feels even more like Wales as there are only a couple of shops and take aways and these shut at ...

Learning to dive the NZ way

A travel blog entry by radders84

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Learning to dive in NZ hasn't turned out to be so great. In factm, while you guys are having a mini heatwave, we're having your weather. Torrential rain for 2 days so far, and had to learn to dive in outdoor pools and today in the sea! ...

Some of Pauls pictures

A travel blog entry by radders84

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Just a few of Pauls photos from his phone- haven't had chance so far to upload ...

Busy

A travel blog entry by lindquists

... being on the left side it was no on the right. This caused me to turn on the windshield wipers several times. I arrived in Leigh at about 6:00pm and checked into the backpackers where I was the only one. I bought some food to make breakfast, lunch, ...

Goat Island Marine Reserve and Pakiri Beach

A travel blog entry by andrewandlizzie

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... breakfast we headed down to the Reserve to do some snorkelling- the bay area is considered some of the best snorkelling in New Zealand. Unfortunately for us, the weather was pretty bad and as a consequence the water was very choppy and the waves very ...

Learning to Drive For First Time

A travel blog entry by elspeth

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... to renew it. That's a laugh, they all say. I may have to rethink some of the long drive days ahead. We're in Leigh, 60 minutes north east of Auckland. Waiting for fish & chips at Leigh Cafe & Bar, and for Leigh Motors to fix our 60 minute-old car. ...

Scuba

A travel blog entry by lindquists

... and the 21st so I guess my rental car will also be my bed. After scuba diving I am heading down to Wellington to do some work and hopefully tramping until I head off to the South Island. Sorry this is short, don't have much to say at the ...

Dec 02, 2010

A travel blog entry by tripnewzealand

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As Donkey from Shrek would say...

A travel blog entry by radders84

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....I'm all alone! To explain why- After our awful diving experience yesterday, today was meant to be our final 3 dives. After getting up at 5.30am to be at the boat for 7.30am, we were pretty tired. The weather wasn't too bad on the ...

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A travel blog entry by sarahjford

Hello I've been locked out of my email account so if you need to get hold of me, please write in my guestbook on here and I'll check that. alternatively email sarahjf41@yahoo.com Thank you!x ...

Auckland Weekend

A travel blog entry by sarahjford

... Hi-de-Hi style retro swimming baths picnic. Brilliant. I love hot pools! Today Simon did the full car guided tour up to Goat Island marine reserve for a snorkel, but the sea was too cold and surfy. so just lots of looking and photo taking. After that we ...

A minibreak at Goat Island and Sandspit

A travel blog entry by catkin

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... made up for it with tea for two in the tea rooms. It had been raining all day, and was still going when we reached Goat Island, well, the mainland by Goat Island. The nearest town was some drive away, but there was a campsite, so we checked in there and ...

Goat Island AKA Glastonbury

A travel blog entry by daveandlainey

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... his PADI certificates and folder which are critical for him to show when he goes diving. So my lovely mummy had to post them out to New Zealand after we left and we are now going to collect them. The main reason for him packing his own case is that I was ...

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Bay of Islands & beyond

Scuba Diving in the Hen and Chicken Islands

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Thermal Pools

Goat Island

Leigh

Magick� hlubina

Boiling mud and glow worms

Learning to dive the NZ way

Some of Pauls pictures

Busy

Goat Island Marine Reserve and Pakiri Beach

Learning to Drive For First Time

Scuba

Dec 02, 2010

As Donkey from Shrek would say...

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Auckland Weekend

A minibreak at Goat Island and Sandspit

Goat Island AKA Glastonbury