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New Plymouth Slideshow
Travel Blogs from New Plymouth, New Zealand
What mountain?
This is a top pick! The next day after a late start we said goodbye to Niamh and Mark and headed off towards New Plymouth for another cousin stop. Siobhan lives there with her boyfriend Niels and we were looking forward to climbing Taranaki, the big dormant volcano which is ...
Caught by the Taranakis
This is a top pick! ... for the night for a pasta dinner while watching the Brentmeister-General on a tiny screen with perfect reception. 17/7 We left New Plymouth to head further around the coastline on State Highway 45, otherwise known as Surf Highway 45, with the ...
Filling in the blanks...
This is a top pick! ... to Sydney forward by a week, as that is definitely something I'm looking forward to... Anyway, waffling aside, I arrived in New Plymouth mid afternoon and checked into my nice hostel. I'd heard mixed reports about New Plymouth throughout my travels, ...
A very quick visit to New Plymouth
This is a top pick! ... and New Plymouth. So at about 4pm we set off, and this time I actually drove some of the way. It took about 3hrs to get to New Plymouth. When we got there we went into the city centre and had a look at the Wind Wand. It is basically a big red pole that ...
Car-eoke
Car-eoke This video is the beginning of what becomes our road trip entertainment. The newest version of Car-eoke since this video is one person puts the headphones on and picks a song on the ipod, then sings the whole song out loud so they ...
Finale
Got back to NZ yesterday after an overnight flight from Perth. Found NZ having a cold spell with rain and nasty winds. I guess we deserve it after missing the winter and having such a wonderful trip. Thanks for staying with us through all our ...
‘The new Helen and Nia…’
... Whoops. After seeing some of the post-calf cows, we went on to have a quick tour around Okato village and then onto New Plymouth. Currently, we are by the Tasman sea. The volcanic activity of mount Taranaki gives the local sand a deep ...
Back to Higher Ground and Under Ground
... continued through Tussock Grass and and Desert but we had a constant 65km/h head wind which slowed progress a little. We are now in New Plymouth and tomorrow, all being well, we'll be climbing Mt Taranaki/Mt Egmont, which should be awesome! Ta ra ...
The Match
After a few days exploring the town and coast it was finally time for the big match. Things warmed up nicely in town with lunch and a few beers and we adopted another group of people. Only god knows how many people we have met and plan to meet. My ...
New Plymounth & Mt Taranaki
... , Rosarie had arrived back from Sydney, so we drank champagne (nice one Jim) to celebrate her return and chatted. Our last day in New Zealand was taken up with doing a few jobs in the morning and then off to the airport. Jim the sound man drove us over ...
__08____west coast style____
... nice and the beer tasty. the lady there had beautiful pet peacocks. we saw the Tasman Sea for the first time and rolled into New Plymouth with enough time to set up camp before sunset. the following day we planned out and started our 5 day trek around Mt ...
Down on the farm
... farm with the Mogers, meanwhile Jamie and I borrowed the car and headed off along Surf Highway and made our way up to New Plymouth - a great little city. The whole area is stunning, volcanoes and the coast within 10 miles of each other. Next day we ...
Mt Egmont en dan naar Hamilton
Bij ons vertrek uit New Plymouth rijden we eerst naar Mt Egmont. Die was gisteren niet te zien door de bewolking. Omdat het nu ook al bewolkt is, maken we al vast een foto op de weg er naar toe. Dat was achteraf een goede keuze. Eenmaal aan de voet van de ...
Farewell Auckland, Hello Open Road!
... Loic had the great idea to go check out this band playing at the Festival of Lights (a central park in the middle of New Plymouth). Being January, the weather was lovely and warm so being outside was delightful. We entered the park and followed the path ...
Afinal, onde eu estou vivendo? :)
... Se sua casa nao tem visao para ele, ela nao eh uma boa casa. Pelo menos a minha familia considera isso :) Outro icone de New Plymouth eh o Windwand. Um monumento daqui que acompanha o vento. Ou seja, ele move conforme o vento muda. uhn...que mais.... ...
The Relatives in New Plymouth
... and drove for a few hours across to visit relatives of mine on the west coast. Met Margaret and Reg when we got into New Plymouth. They fed and watered us and were really sound. Went around the corner to visit Nora (Margaret's sister) who lives a ...
Taranaki
... over the Taranaki plains. After some lunch, we drove back to the coast at Opanuke, where we got on the "surf highway" towards New Plymouth. It runs inland parallel to the ocean, with lots of surf beaches en route. It wasn't much of a surf day though, ...
Goodbyes and Hellos
... of my lack of dread locks here - make the most of those eyebrows while you can, son. To the wonderful shower who have made New Plymouth such a struggle for me to leave - I will miss you all more than having a full set of eyebrows, ya buggers. And ...
The magnificent Mt Taranaki
... ' and on to New Plymouth. We decided to park up for the night in a camp site in Ohakura, a beach town not far from New Plymouth with spectacular views of Mt Taranaki. The beach has black volcanic sand which looks quite strange when you're not used to it! ...
Een stukje wandelen langs de kust
We hebben in New Plymouth een wandeling gemaakt vanaf de camping langs de kust op, naar het centrum van het stadje. Ze zijn hier terecht trots op het pad dat ze aangelegd hebben tussen de parken en langs de kust. Het is een mooi gezicht en leuk om te ...
Arches and Glowworms
Sunday, January 14-Another cloudy morning, we drive up the coast from New Plymouth to take a coastal walk to the Three Sisters, several rock formations jutting out of the sea near the coastline. We walk along black sand beaches, across rock fields, and ...
Pouakai Circuit Trek
Anscheinend bin ich mir mit meinem Corolla doch so Nahe gekommen, dass ich mich sogar nach dem grossen Aufstieg fuer eine weitere Nacht im Auto entscheide...dann bin ich morgen wenigstens schon wieder dort wo es weitergehen soll... Wie gesagt, die ...
The life of a campervanner II
... een gezellige avond op de boerencamping bij Arapuni, gezellig met ze'n 2-en, wat koeien en de sterrenhemel, gingen we richting New Plymouth in de provincie Taranaki die er uit ziet als een groot oog, met in het midden als pupil Mout ...
The beginning...
One sleep to go! I am so excited for my trip!! Can't believe that tomorrow I'm going to be in Vancouver - craziness!! It's really sad saying goodbye to everyone but I can't wait to come back with amazing photos and really cool stories. ...
Day 69 New Plymouth
... whilst we were all staying in Golden Bay are on here. From here we left Wellington behind and did another 5 hour drive up to New Plymouth, when on arrival we got pulled over by the cops again! For hesitant driving. The officer soon sent us in the right ...
Kids Love Me
... with soda water and it was delicious. After about an hour or so, we said goodbye. We drove up the coastal route to New Plymouth which was a bit disappointing because it's not really along the coast. We saw the water for, like, 45 seconds. But ...
