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Waipu Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Waipu, New Zealand
Matakohe
This is a top pick! After making the decision to lengthen our stay in NZ so we could see a little more of North Island as well as to avoid bankruptcy by a 9 night stay in Fiji, we moved our flights and booked a cheeky little 4 night Fiji package that hopefully ...
Bring on the Gimp
This is a top pick! ... cost £10 but we were so tired we both agreed). We heated up the leftovers from earlier and had a bit of dinner, read about New Zealand while I wrote the blog for the last few days. As the temperature dropped Erica retired to the van only to decide that ...
Dive Buddies once more
This is a top pick! This weekend we donned wetsuits, BCDs and regulators again to clock up our 16th and 17th dives. We headed for The Poor Knights Islands, a renowned dive site off the East Coast of Northland. The Poor Knights are regarded as one of the world's top dive ...
Cathedral Cove and Reaching Northland
This is a top pick! ... area but instead decided to move on and make our way through Auckland and onto the Northland. We stopped quick in Auckland to stock up on groceries and then continued on to a campsite by a small town called Waipu to spend the night as it was getting ...
Happy Kiwi Christmas!!!!
This is a top pick! ... metres off-shore, surrounded by rockpools and reefs - the hordes of Auckland day-trippers were a bit of a shock after peaceful Waipu. I wasn't that impressed with the snorkelling either, though I'm not sure if that was due to the chilly water (far from ...
Up North
This is a top pick! Well I did the most southerly and the most easterly so being up north I thought I'd better do the most northerly, but more about that in a mo. We drove north through Auckland and decided to spend a night in Whangarei, this was after spending almost an ...
Once Bitten...
This is a top pick! ... were on the lookout until we saw it... a lovely strip of white sand on a cove called Langs Beach, just before Waipu Cove. There was already another van parked there and no sign stating “no overnight camping”. ...
Roadtrip to Matakohe in campervan
I got up at 9.45am and had breakfast at Carmen's house. At around 11.30am we all, John, Carmen, Joshua, Dion and me went to the Mall. I needed a good map and Carmen knew where to get it. We had some coffee there and approx. at 2pm, Carmen, John and me ...
Heading North
The beach is calling. Who said that spring time in New Zealand is not a time for swimming. We found a way to get ...
Mangawhai Heads
Stopped off here on our way down south, a case of parking up, eating tea, going to sleep and starting off again, but again, another nice area of new ...
PADI Certification at Poor Nights Islands
The most awesome thing about New Zealand is their national holidays! Easter here lasts for a whole weekend! No one works on Good Friday and Easter Monday. This gave me just enough time for my last road trip!! I rented a car after work and drove up the ...
Winning big :)
... YMCA gym next door. I'm thinking of joining in the kick boxing exercise classes (haha). Luckily, it's just 100m from this new hotel & guests get a cheaper entrance. Today we made a deal & bought a car! :) Tomorrow we pick it up ...
Happy Chistmas to all from New Zealand
... everybody was giving out sweets and nobody was coming around with a bucket. Back home to watch the New Zealand Variety Show and then back to Waipu for the Midnight Service at the Anglian Church. The Service actually started at 11pm with carols including ...
Haruru Falls
El plan para el día de hoy sencillamente era encontrar alguna actividad para resarcir mi inexistente incursión en el mundo del buceo así que ademas de regresar a Auckland a dormir pensé en ir a conocer las Haruru Falls, un tour anunciado para hacerse ...
Waipu Cove
... Richtung Norden auf dem Highway Nr.1 und biegen dann auf die Manghawei Road ab, die uns zur Kueste fuehrt. In dem kleinen Kuestenort Waipu Cove stellen wir Queenie in dem Waipu Cove Camping ab. Ein guter Ort, um ein wenig zu entspannen, direkt am Meer ...
Thames to Whangerei
Thursday, February 22 Thames to Whangerei A more relaxing day today, we head north past Auckland to Whangerei and out to the pastures of the Whangerei Heads. The Tree Top Bed and Breakfast is our destination and, amazingly, we arrive at about 3:30 in ...
Dargaville & Matakohe, NZ
We managed to be up, breakfasted, packed away and on the road before 10am, a real achievement for us! A few km's down the road yay! I got a signal. We rung Sam and was able to wish her a good one whilst it was still her birthday. Onto Dargaville. This ...
Scuba Diving in the Hen and Chicken Islands
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 ...
back in NZ
... a harbour, and we cooked up some bacon butties and a bit pot of coffee, mmmm scrummy! The stop for the night is in a place called Waipu (why poo) cove, the beach here is huge and very empty. The only people on it were a couple of blokes Kite fishing, yes ...
Our Most Beautiful Coastal Hike
... compare to the place we had stayed in Russell. The letter combination of “wh” is very common in place names across New Zealand, and most of these place names are derived from words in the old Maori language. It was here, in Mangawhai, that we ...
Der letze Tag im Auto
Unseren letzten Tag als autoreisende Backpacker verbrachten wir mit einem Rundgang durch eine kleine Höhle. Wir wollten diese schon früher besuchen, mussten es aber aufgrund des Wetters verschieben. Wir hatten dieses Mal Glück. Es regnete nicht und ...
Maybe the nicest beach in New Zealand
Somehow, miraculously, we manage to only spend $22 today! We're up at 8am and choose to stay in bed until we can hear that Mark and friends are out the door. Why congest the flat if we don’t have to? We have muesli, pack up, get ...
Paparoa
Heading North our first stop was at Muriwai beach, on the west coast of the northern peninsula. This beach is a beautiful black sand surfing mecca. We did a little hiking, walked along the beach, took lots of photos and videos. Aaron, you would love ...
‘Can’t see the wood for trees...’
Helen and Mum have gone to the tree museum up the road this morning. I stayed in the camper and had some ‘Nia time’ and did some tourist spotting, quite easy as a bus load pulled up! We were going to drive up to the 90 mile beach today - but ...
Back to Auckland !
So day 3 of this big adventure ( feels like been ages already ) so much longer to be had :) we left the bay of islands at 9am to head back down to the old capital , Auckland . We stopped off in the local town of Ohaiu for lunch and I had a ( 3) pies yum ...
Our beautiful stable for Christmas
... mainly refllecting the logging industry of the area especially the Kauri Tree which are the oldest and largest trees in New Zealand. They also provide a golden sap or gum which has been moulded and transformed into jewellry similar to the ...
Day 65 - Waipu Coves Beaches
This morning we drove out of town and over the hill to find the most beautiful beach so far which was Langs Beach. It was a long and wide, white sandy beach. We finally found a great beach to unload from driving so much and we actually got in the water. ...
Magical Mangawhai
The sign when you arrive in says 'Magical Mangawhai', how they managed to get that on an official road sign I'll never know but we certainly agree. We first stumbled on Mangawhai Heads just over four years ago when Steve bought a mountain bike on ...
UP
Started the real part of my journy to new zealand driving north to waipu (all the maori names sound the same). With me are Campbell, a local, and Sophie, from ...