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Whakatane Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Whakatane, New Zealand
Surfing on the Pacific Ocean
This is a top pick! ... themselves (until we got to the gravel highway) were a pleasure to drive on. With its minimal traffic on winding country roads New Zealand certainly has some of the best drivers' roads I've experienced. When we arrived at the lake the sun was low and ...
First stop on the lake
This is a top pick! East Cape Tour - Day Five! Just to ensure that there is no confusion during the next few entries, the following commonly used 'Kiwi' terms are explained (although I may have referred to them previously in passing): Tramp = Hike, e.g. We are going ...
Milling in Mercury Bay
This is a top pick! Welcome again! So after Bay of Islands (all pix will be up soon), after a quick stop off in Auckland again for a night, we all headed for Mercury Bay. Which, without confusing you, is another stop off on the way to Rotorua! We got to Mercury bay in the ...
The White Islands
This is a top pick! ... . This time my toast stayed put because the sea we pretty calm and the day was perfect. There are only two active volcanoes in New Zealand and you could smell the sulfur and see the different colors as you pull up near the island. We got the grand tour ...
Whakatane and White Island!
This is a top pick! ... extra night so that I could explore the surrounding area. Before I could do that though, I had the small matter of visiting New Zealand's most active volcano to look forward to. Whakaari, or the White Island, lies 50km off the coast of Whakatane. As ...
Fred the friendly Possum
This is a top pick! East Cape Tour - Day Two! We were woken up in the morning by a peacock roaming around the tent and the rumbling sound of sheep being herded down the road. I don't think I have ever seen sheep run so fast before, and they didn't make any vocal sound. ...
beaches and brimstone
This is a top pick! ... the traditional Kiwi dessert of pavlova. (A small war can be provoked by opening the debate of whether pavlova is an Australian or New Zealand invention). On Boxing Day we decided to be a bit more active, and so was our destination. White Island is an ...
Long walk around the lake
This is a top pick! East Cape Tour - Day Six! We woke up to a cold morning in the hut. As we were not planning on an early start we took our time, having porridge for breakfast. Once packed up with all our gear on (it was cold enough for woolly hats) we were the last ...
Whakatane
This is a top pick! ... placed to the Maoris and need to be treated with great respect. After our long winding and dusty trip we arrived a Whakatane (pronounced fa-ka-ta-ne) which is the closest town to NZ most active volcano called White Island. The volcano is said to ...
Ellen Says I Exaggerate, but...
This is a top pick! Whakatane, New Zealand - Even the old people, without a smile or a smirk, pronounce this town "Fuck-a-tawny". You can't buy anything in New Zealand for less than $25.00. I have no idea why they have smaller denominations of currency. They should just ...
Walking on an active volcano!!
This is a top pick! ... my first time on the North Island a month ago, I'd been very keen on a trip to White Island - the chance to walk on New Zealand's most active volcano. And finally the Gods were smiling, the rain wasn't falling (or not too heavily), and we were able to ...
White Island Volcano
This is a top pick! ... sun was roasting, so we had a cooling swim in the sea before lunch and more dolphin watching on the trip back to Whakatane. Beautiful dolphins, awesome volcano, fabulous day!! On the Sunday we had a 4 1/2 hour drive back to Auckland, but we didn't ...
New Zealand - White Island
This is a top pick! ... coast of North Island, for one particular reason. Whakatane is the gateway to White Island, the only active marine volcano in New Zealand. The volcano hasn't erupted since 2000 but it is constantly monitored as it could erupt at any time. There ...
Dolphin Swimming!!! (Or lack of.....)
This is a top pick! We came to Whakatannee to see if we could swim with the dolphins here, apparently there are loads of them. But, like it had been on the South Island, the weather was bad. Luckily the people we were going with decided to brave it and take us out ...
Bay of Plenty
This is a top pick! ... as we pass, and other cars become rare. We're back to the land of single-lane bridges and stranger road signs. New Zealand signs are more varied and less archetypal than their Aussie counterparts. Besides traffic signs, the roads are studded with a ...
Hicks Bay - Opotiki
Well we were on the most eastly point in new zealand now so we had to make the effort of getting up in the morning to take some photos but it was a little dissapointing due to it being over cast but you cant have everything (something you really reliase ...
Wild night but here safe and sound
... too bad. Our Camry is such a great touring car, we rarely felt the wind and no trouble driving through downpours. We are now in Whakatane, by the on the Bay of Plenty in a beautiful 2 bedroom motel apt. It is brand new and has a lot of luxuries like ...
Sickenss, gas masks and volcano's
... us where things are, in fact there was a distinct lack of english by the indian lady which made us question whether we were still in new zealand. eventually got our key to find our bed had not been made up, so waited for that. then we set out in the ...
White Island
Zondagavond om 19.00 uur, tijdens het avondeten, kwam de bevestiging: ondanks de regen die voorspeld werd, ging mijn boottrip naar White Island door! Op maandagochtend kreeg ik een lift van het Japanse meisje, die ook de boerderij verlaten ging en iets ...
Stayed south of Opotiki, at wairata
Stayed on the best scenic reserve at Wairata, south of Opotiki, It's on the highway number 2, and you see some amazing views on the ...
Linda's Favorites
We have been in this beautiful country for 14 days now and I wanted to take some time to reflect on the highlights thus far and share some of my favorite photos. I hope you like ...
Active volcano - White Island
... good, so we brought forward our volcanic adventure. Headed east along SH2 to Tauranga, then Te Puke and finally arrived at Whakatane. Camped at Awakeri Springs, just outside Whakatane. A big open site with its own thermal swimming pool. Now this is what ...
Collecting my greenstone Carvings
I drove from Napier to Whakatane - I collected my greenstone carvings today from Te Kaha; I stopped in Rotorua for my lunch and got to Te Kaha's just after 3pm. The Hei Tiki is just better than I could have imagined. My other carving is ...
The Beach Beckons
... 30 meters away. Although we only spent one night there, I had a wonderful chat with a pair of Israeli girls about the conflict of their region. I left the conversation both enlightened with new facts and perspective, and depressed by its ...
White Island - can it get more awesome??!!
... Bay. And it will be up on the push bikes again for some touring the area and tasting some lovely vino. I like! Big eggy acidic stingy smiles from us here in the volcannic belt of North Island, New Zealand. XXXX ...
Te goed mijn best gedaan met onkruid wieden...
... Je zou hem bijna willen knuffelen, zo groot als hij is! Donderdag kreeg ik een lift en een dagje tussendoor vrij om het stadje Whakatane te bezoeken. Een rustig dorpje. Ik ben nog naar het museum geweest, erg klein, maar met toch vrij veel informatie over ...
Whakatane and White Island (not finished)
... on Saturday, would you like to come?" ... eh? We have shared no more than two full sentences together ("Are you going to Whakatane?","sure thing" when I put her bag on the bus and "I'm going to Whakatane to see White Island") and she is going to invite ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!
... to a local party, where we saw in the New Year. So what next? Well, I'm mostly staying in beautiful Whakatane, walking on the beach, having picnics, playing with Molly (Dad's beautiful dog - cross between poodle and spaniel - ...
Kiwi Orchard
... so that just made it even more enjoyable. It was excitement on the Saturday evening with 2 important rugby matches. The first was the New Zealand All Blacks against the South African Sring Boks in the Tri-Nation tournament (NZ, SA, and Australia). So in ...
