Waiheke Island, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Hogmanay on Waiheke Island
Dec 31, 2004 (9 photos)

... frantic texts and a 6 hour bus journey we managed to join up with our Wellington flatties Christine and Josh and their friends on Waiheke Island, just out of Auckland. We stocked up on the beers and a bottle of Jack and started drinking in the New Year, ...

Sailng to Waiheke
Oct 7, 2007 (16 photos)

... . Breakfast was perfect (coffee and ketchup made all the difference), and after checking the weather we decided to head farther round Waiheke to Palm Beach, and return to Auckland late afternoon. We swam again at Palm Beach. Si repeated his walking on ...

Mozzies!
Feb 4, 2006 (4 photos)

... as well, so we had no problems getting back to the hostel, where I enjoyed a couple of beers before getting an early night. My Waiheke Island trip had been great (apart from the mozzies!), and it was a fitting end to my year in New Zealand. I'd made a ...

"Fourth Dimension"
May 13, 2007 (7 photos)

... took her for a spin out to Waiheke. The first day was glorious. We made an early start and reached Oneroa on Waiheke Island by mid afternoon. The winds were reasonable without being scary. On arrival at Oneroa we realised that we risked becoming low ...

The Sequin, Scourge of the Seven Seas
Mar 23, 2008 (35 photos)

... me, were Jill, Keith, Pablo and Ben. Auckland's long summer decided to continue for the Easter weekend, and a circumnavigation of Waiheke was the perfect way to make the most of it. Our hoped-for twilight sail to Issie Bay turned into motoring, as we ...

Auckland to Whaitianga
Nov 17, 2004 (9 photos)

So after a mammoth 2 hours of sleep, we awoke and packed our bags to check out of the brilliant ACB hostel. Rather embarrassingly the 2 blokes of the reception were the 2 I encountered the night before. I, being under the influence I must add, managed ...

Beautiful Coromandel
May 31, 2006 (11 photos)

Up to another glorious day of sunshine although the weather forecast did not look great. Were told by Viv and Jane that Coromandel should be lovely today which was fortunate as that was where we were heading. Drove further north through Thames and up ...

Waiheke Wineries By Bike
Jan 19, 2004 (8 photos)

We gave the van a rest this weekend and took the passenger ferry over to Waiheke Island with Pamela and Chris. Waiheke is one of the larger islands in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, and being only 45 minutes by ferry from the city centre, it's become another ...

A little old, a little new
Aug 22, 2009 (66 photos)

Not long after arriving in Nz we boated to Waiheke Island, the 2nd largest of the Hauraki Gulf islands. Spotting a last minute deal with our French flatmates we took Betsy for a look-see. It was known as a hippy location ...

The final chapter with Phil in it!
Jan 27, 2007 (4 photos)

22/01/07 left Wellington... phew.... a quick plane journey to Auckland, bus to the ferry terminal and then the 35 minute ferry to Waiheke Island! I have been yabbering on to Phil about Waiheke since he got to NZ. It was where I stayed for 5 nights at Xmas ...

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside - not!
Aug 11, 2009 (14 photos)

... a tent and shut the door. The facilities and people are great but the sites are just not what I was looking for. Are all New Zealand campsites like this? Once I’d filled up the water tank and got settled I decided to walk down to the beach to get ...

Showing Gina Waiheke Island
Dec 26, 2008 (15 photos)

On boxing day we took Gina to Waiheke Island, which is a favourite excursion of Naomi and mine as it only takes 30 minutes on a ferry but feels like a million miles from Auckland. We drove around the island and ended up at Mudbrick Vineyard...a great ...

Escape From Auckland
Dec 6, 2007 (64 photos)

Well I've finally managed to really get out of the city, for more than just a few hours.  Waiheke Island is really great and only a 35 minute ferry ride from the city.  I stayed here last night and will be here again tonight, heading back to the ...

Waiheke Island
Jan 29, 2009 (24 photos)

... met a lovely Kiwi lady (Kim) and they moved to a beautiful island.  Hence we found ourselves on the stunning island of Waiheke for their beach wedding in paradise. It's a tiny, quiet island with about the same population as Ledbury, surrounded by ...

Cruise around the harbour and onto Devonport
Feb 16, 2007 (18 photos)

... the first one was nicer. I then went to the harbour to catch my cruise around the harbour passing Devonport, Rangitoto Island and Waiheke Island. Quite impressive. The weather didn't look very promising, so I took my rain coat, left my sunglasses thinking ...

The Dougi is not amused!
Aug 10, 2009

Hi its Dave Had a quick chat with her ladyship this morning. Messages are taking forever to get through, she's receiving them but they are taking about 12 hours for replies to get to the UK, so don't worry if you haven't heard from her, she's safe! There ...

Wining and dining on Waiheke Island
Oct 18, 2008 (24 photos)

... for you to have a good time in their country and seem extremely proud when you tell them you are. So off we went to Waiheke island. Nick and Melika have a gorgeous pad over on this cool little island a half hour on the ferry from Auckland. On our first ...

5 days in the real New Zealand!
Mar 6, 2006 (10 photos)

... french guy who used to work for Air France and gets 2 free flights a year...so this year he is spending 10 MONTHS travelling through New Zealand! I wasn't sure what to make of him at the start but as i got to know him he was cool and offered me a sniff ...

Farewell to New Zealand
Dec 10, 2007

At long last (Well nearly five weeks anyway) I've come to the end of my travels in New Zealand, here on Waiheke Island with my step-cousin Simon and his family. Waiheke is a lovely little place - an idyll just thirty minutes by ferry from downtown Auckland ...

Waiheke Island
Jan 8, 2008 (5 photos)

Moved over to Waiheke Island, and stayed in Hokura Lodge, which was a real funky place where it had a communal lounge and kitchen and dorm rooms, so we all helped out to keep the lodge clean and tidy. Did some amazing walks around the island, really hard ...

Omana Regional Park
May 4, 2007

Helped out in Omana Regional Park today and yesterday. Very Nice place. Just next to the sea with great views. Met a nice ranger called Mags from Scotland. All the rangers are nice. We just did planting on a cliff top and some re-potting of little ...

My solo trip to Waiheke Island!
Feb 22, 2008 (5 photos)

On Friday I had a day off of work, so I decided to head out to one of Auckland's harbor islands: Waiheke! Waiheke is an awesome little island with a LOT of great beaches and a little community of people living there! It is also well known for its' ...

Hunua Ranges, Orere Point
Feb 5, 2008

... did not exist, such a pain when that happens, so we passed through a place called Kawakawa Bay, and it was soooooo Lovely!!! and we headed up on a really nice campsite in Orere Point, a really lovely part of the north island is around these Hunua Ranges!!

Tauranaga - Cormandel ( in search of the sun)
Mar 13, 2006

Hi Well the rain continued the night so it looked that the stop in Tauranaga was going to be just that. Both Karen and I caught the coach to Thames followed by a connection to Cormandel. The weather was so much better when moving North. The ...

I love this place
Jan 29, 2005

Sorry I havn't posted in a while, I've been here at Mana Retreat Center in Coromandle for the past week and let me tell you, I have found the Club Med of wwoofing. I am having such a great time here I am going to spend the rest of my time in NZ here. ...

Burn the backpacks!
Dec 15, 2003 (5 photos)

... Pahutakawa trees. Its good to be here, to unpack our stuff and have a drawer to put it in. Its all too meccy bro, sweet as. (in English - its all good) Our new address in the meantime is 17 Shelly Beach Road Ostend Waiheke Island Auckland NZ

Beachin' and bikin' on Waiheke Island
Dec 29, 2007 (8 photos)

... 't savvy to all the proper rules. After that we went in and sampled some of the local brews from the island and a couple of the wines. New Zealand is famous for its Sauvignon Blanc wine, but apparently not on Waiheke as they have more red wines. We ...

Goodbye to the pirate van and welcom Waiheke
Apr 11, 2009 (3 photos)

Its good bye to the road and welcome to the last couple of days on the beach

another excuse to post some pictures!
Sep 21, 2007 (37 photos)

... bright red, spiny flowers right around Christmas. how cool is that? there really aren't many flat places so far as I've seen in New Zealand. which can be either positive or negative if you're walking around, depending on your view. how do I mean? when I ...

Waiheke Island, good walks, good wine, good beachs
Feb 21, 2009

... stars (Trish had to point them out to me), great food and topped off with a lovely stay on the beach. Bumped into two America's in, Justines favourate, a great bar on the island, lovely people who sailed over from Mexico in a 32 ft yaht - loonatics.