Mount Maunganui, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Friends - Old and New
May 3, 2005 (2 photos)

... , experiencing some close encounters with crabs that more often than not scared the living daylights out of me! I arrived back in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday and was given a warm welcome by Murray, Heather and the Japanese girls - the hostel has such a ...

Just chilling!
Mar 31, 2005 (4 photos)

... enjoyed listening to Audrey and Justin's flatmate Gordon...he is a really interesting character from Ireland, Scotland, Africa and New Zealand! He was difficult to understand at times, but his jokes were funny regardless! So the following morning ...

Moving on...
Jun 18, 2005 (1 photos)

Today is my final day in Mount Maunganui, and what a special day it is after the birth of my oldest brother and sister-in-law's first child. It is strange being on the opposite side of the world right now, but I am so happy that everything has turned out ...

Torrential rain
May 26, 2005

... shared similar music tastes with an English guy called George. On Saturday night, about 8 of us headed to the Cream Bar in Mount Maunganui as we'd heard that a good covers band was playing there. It was a really enjoyable night, although I drank way too ...

The big game
Jun 6, 2005 (4 photos)

... point, it was very pleasant after the previous nights debauchery! After stopping off at a lookout to see the sacred Green Lake, we drove back to Mount Maunganui where I relaxed for a full 10 minutes before it was time for work...no rest for the wicked!

First day back at The Mount
Dec 20, 2005

... to get myself to Auckland without any more hiccups. There, I had to catch an altogether smaller plane for my transfer to Mount Maunganui, with just 2 aisles and 16 seats. Claudine had kindly offered to pick me up from the airport at 8.30am, and it was ...

The Kiwifruit Experience
May 13, 2005

... Portuguese. Incidentally, my Spanish vocabulary is now into double figures, and I can now refer to Diego as 'lazy' in a variety of new words! So I'm into a set routine now, and will continue in the same vein for the next month or so. Therefore, I won't ...

The end of a bloody good year!
Jan 1, 2006 (8 photos)

... about our kiwifruit days. As everyone dispersed to go surfing, I was joined outside by Steff, a German girl who'd been in New Zealand for nearly a year. Well, we ended up talking for over 2 hours, mostly about travelling, and I found her to be great ...

The Mount
Mar 26, 2005 (5 photos)

... . It was pretty tough I must admit, probably even worse than the infamous Devil's Staircase, but it was worth it. The views of Mount Maunganui were great as can be seen from the photos I've uploaded. It really is a picturesque place, and the town seems to ...

A BBQ at Christmas!
Dec 26, 2005 (3 photos)

... therefore researched the area by reading my Lonely Planet, planning which activities/walks I wanted to do along the way. My time in New Zealand is ticking by, so rather than waste more days sitting around, I wanted to get out there and see what else the ...

Raft it!
May 10, 2009 (43 photos)

... looks. One adventure activity a day was enough for us though. After that we headed north toward our next overnight stop, Mount Maunganui. We planned to stay 3 nights in Mount Maunganui. Looking back now we probably would have been fine with one night ...

Beach Time
Aug 7, 2009 (6 photos)

... savored just the one this morning. The hot breakfast filling was surrounded by a rich flaky crust...mmmmmmm. We arrive in Mount Maunganui – it is a beautiful day and the hike to the top is picturesque. After watching some newbie paragliders land on ...

From Hahei to Mt Maungan
Oct 19, 2009 (9 photos)

... where people smoke to much. But just for the night it might as well do. The morning starts with some exercise by climbing Mount Manganoui and catching amazing views of the surroundings. For comfort and warmth I want to buy a Jeans in a second hand shop ...

Taupo - Rotorua- Mount Maunganui
Apr 20, 2006 (9 photos)

... gave us three one hour internet tokens in compensation, which was good of them. We got back on the bus and headed into Mount Maunganui, which was a lovely small town by the seaside. We were given a tour around it by our driver, where there was plenty ...

Mount what?
Feb 10, 2006 (3 photos)

... try and put up some pictures so check if those are up. it was definately worth the extra night in rotorua. then i left for mount maunganui. we got here and i just chilled out a bit then after supper me and my newfie friends just hung out with some ...

So, what did you do today?
Feb 25, 2008 (5 photos)

So, I woke up around 5 am in the passenger seat of my Mazda Familia.  Shifted to get 'comfortable' again, took another look at my view of the harbor, appreciated the sound of the lapping waves and then put on some tunes when I realized I wasn't ...

Katchafire
Oct 30, 2006

... from my dad...we blasted "Mandy," but that's about as far as we got. Frank and I headed to a concert on Friday night, a New Zealand reggae band called Katchafire. It was my first concert in a while, and they put on an impressive show. Tight harmonies, ...

Surfer Town
Dec 20, 2007 (13 photos)

... go to the beach.  I was hopeful, though, that the rain was only in Rotorua, and would be gone once I arrived in Mt. Maunganui - a little surfer town in the Bay of Plenty. While it hasn't been raining the entire time, it has been cloudy & cool, ...

Mt Maunganui
Feb 12, 2008 (12 photos)

... water litters the soft sands with shells....and really pretty shells too, which Lauren in particular liked! We climbed Mt Maunganui to watch the sunset on Valentines day....us three ladies and a bottle of wine (thanks to Lauren who secretly& ...

Climbing Mt. Maunganui
Dec 28, 2007 (9 photos)

Joe has been appointed to look after the children while the rest of us climb the mountain!  Mt. Maunganui here we come..... With Sarah leading the way - fit as ever - there's nothing stopping her....oh wait....theres a herd of slow moving Canadians ...

Zorbing...
May 3, 2007

Paivan suuntimana oli Mt maunganui Taupon ja Roturuan kautta. Roturuassa paatin menna Zorbailemaan ?? Eli kaytannossa hypataan torkeen ison rantapallon sisaan joka on puolillaan vetta ja pallo tuupataan rinteelta alas. Aivan torkeen hauska aikuisten lelu ...

Surfing again:-)
Oct 11, 2007 (16 photos)

... og tog en tur til Maunganui for at se stranden igen. Der skulle vaere god surf der ogsaa. Maunganui ligger for foden af en udbraendt vulkan hvorfra man har god udsigt over byen. Solen Braender virkelig paa New Zealand. Som om der er hul i Ozonlaget.

busted
May 9, 2007

... Mount sun, seeing old friends, and I'm heading back to Auckland tomorrow and catching a flight to the USofA Sunday. Going to check out California a bit before Chicago. I'm really excited - especially since I feel I'm leaving New Zealand on the right note.

Beach time!!
Mar 7, 2008 (4 photos)

After all that hard work the sun came out so we headed back up to the beaches at the base of Mt. Maunganui. Legend has it that if you visit, you'll return there 10 years late--let's hope! These beaches are so pretty!

Onto Mountain Trekking
Dec 16, 2007 (5 photos)

So a few hrs spent here.. climbing Mount Maunganui for views down over the beach and city etc..  Was nice - seen a goodfew ppl hang gliding there too.. looked like they were having good craic! Anyway, after climbing that, i headed on for Roturua - ...

Mount Maunganui Language Center, NZ
Sep 13, 2009 (20 photos)

... bier :-). Heute war ausflug in goldmiene etc. angesagt....und heute abend tauranga erkunden (nächst grössere stadt). das stätdchen mount maunganui ist 1a..... irgendwie dorf-charakter,aber von der grösse her doch eine stadt mit shopping-mall, pubs etc... ...

Finally Dry Fruit!
May 13, 2009 (25 photos)

Today we actually started picking kiwi fruit its quiet fun, bit frantic and I think it'd be quite hard work if you had to do it all day but we only did it for one hour, then it started raining again. You can't pick the fruit when its wet and its been ...

.... still in Mount Maunganui
Nov 4, 2009 (59 photos)

inzwischen sind 8 der 12 Schulwochen rum und so was wie alltag eingekehrt. tagsüber in die schule, danach je nach wetter mit kollegen kaffe trinken gehen, an den strand, ausflug oder besorgungen machen und am abend entscheiden, ob ein ausgung und dessen ...

New Year's Eve!
Dec 31, 2007 (2 photos)

... even describe the evenings events at Mt. Manganui.  I have never seen so many people celebrating the eve of a new year.  We set out with the children approximately 9pm and headed into the festivities...there was everything from live bandstands ...

Mount Maunganui
Mar 31, 2008 (9 photos)

... outside for the bus to reappear. After a lot more driving  we finally arrived in Mount Maunganui, late afternoon. Mount M is New Zealands main holiday destination for Kiwi´s and was certianly rather upmarket. The hostel we stayed at wasn´t ...