Paeroa, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Holes, Hobbits, Hongis, Hangis and Hakas
May 15, 2004 (5 photos)

After bidding AJ farewell in Auckland (she had to go home and 'close some deals' or whatever it is that people with jobs do) whilst the remaining Stray cats rejoined the bus to go south to Raglan. As all you surfer dudes know, Raglan is a surfing mecca, ...

Getting cultural
Jan 28, 2004 (6 photos)

A chance this evening to see the other side of NZ culture, the non European version.... We were staying with a half-Maori, half-English guy, who has decided one of his missions in life is to promote better integration and understanding between Europeans ...

Life down on the farm!
Oct 9, 2005 (6 photos)

... round duty free and catching up with Mike in the waiting lounge. The flight was only 3 hours and as it's daylight saving in New Zealand, we arrived Nz time at about 2pm. We ploughed our way through customs for another stamp to the passport and Vic was ...

Lazy days on the coast
Oct 2, 2006 (9 photos)

Mt Manganui was a nice coastal town, the weather was very chnageable but we still went for a short walk up the mountain (which is more of a hill) the views were pretty good and later that day we realxed in the hot saltwater pools beside the mountain. I'm ...

Kia Ora the Lauren and Daisy the camper-van
Sep 8, 2009 (2 photos)

... food shop and by this time it was getting late so we grabbed something to eat. We then got back on the road to Paeroa where we stayed the night at a campsite. We were pleasantly surprised the following morning when we got up and opened the curtains as we ...

A sad day
Dec 1, 2004 (2 photos)

Today was a sad day. We awoke to the news that there had been a whale stranding the night before last. We decided to head up to Opoutere Beach to see if they needed volunteers to help try and save some of the 74 pilot whales which had beached themselves. ...

Leaving Mt. Manganui
Jan 1, 2008 (5 photos)

Today we packed up at the Batch and prepared to return to Auckland.  Another final trip to the beach before our departure though!  Our return route was a more scenic route up the coast and thru a gorge.  The scenery was absolutely ...

Big Change, Small Towns
Jan 9, 2008

... see here and the only thing it is known for is its L&P. Having said that, we didn't have any luck finding any hostels in Paeroa. Instead, we were able to find a place about six km outside of town called the Golden Owl. The hostel is located in a place ...

moving on
Nov 26, 2008

hi just waiting for my intercity coach to take me out of the city.im afraid im not much of a city gal like to be out in the open countryside seeing the sights. Going to be at a hostel near the karangahake gorge in the coromandel region for a few ...

Karangahake Gorge
Jan 27, 2009 (10 photos)

On our why up to Matarangi from Te Puke with Net and Dennis. It is in the Coromandel Paninsula, we stoped at this amazing old gold mining gourge in Karangahake. We were told it used to be a really scetchy hike becuse there was no hand rails and ...