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Whangamata Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Whangamata, New Zealand
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Lovely quiet beach...
This is a top pick! ... when we decided we had to leave we found our way heading north again of course, always north, and ended the day at Whangamata, a nice seaside holiday destination, though luckily for us dead, so nicer in some aspects... lovely evening late on, clear skies, ...
Day 12: The Bay of Plenty & Coromandel Peninsula
After a few last stops ibn Rotorua on Thursday--Salvation Army for some nice finds and the Government Gardens to see a nice Maori war canoe and see Lake Rotorua--Kate and I journeyed on towards the coast of the Bay of Plenty on the East coast. We stopped ...
Oompa Lumpa House
... a town famous for its muriels on the buildings, however, we were more impressed with the life size bronze titled "Barry - a New Zealand Man" .... made us laugh as we were on our way to stay with Yvonne and Barry at their batch called ...
little seaside town
after leaving hot water beach we got back on highway 25 and stopped off at Whangamata. Just a really little town with a holiday feel to it. As it was lunch time we popped into the bakery and got a couple of pies which ...
Beach, Hot water Beach & Bach
... and weather forecast for the weekend is great sunshine. We are off to Cathedral Cove near the town of Hahei, about 40 kms from Whangamata. Because it was a Saturday and the weather is so good, the car park was crowded but Tony spotted some Brits who were ...
A lazy sunday in Whangamata
OUR BLOG A nice easy day today as Lorraine needs to relax as she has to go back to Pukekohe for work on Monday. Frank and Tony cycled down to the shop for papers, fully kitted out with cycle helmets. When they returned it was time to get ready for a ...
Whangamata - surfs up!
... too quick and had to make a stop in Tairua as I would have been to Hahei too early!! There wasn't really much to do in Whangamata, a few cute surf shops and then the beach and surfers to watch! The hostel I stayed in was really old and run by two old ...
It's pronounced FUNGAMATA...
... to their tricks and was looking forward to spending the night on the Coromandel Peninsula in a little beach side town called Whangamata. We stopped through Tauranga (a surfing town) for the afternoon and arrived in Whangamata around dinner. It ...
New Zealand Adventures Week Five!
... Papa Museum which was awesome and has many fascinating displays and interactive sections to learn everything you need to know about New Zealand. We enjoyed playing with interactive wands which enabled us to project large photos of ourselves onto big ...
Meeting up with the Kraushaars
... and squashed possums on the road. It is beautiful and this countryside lasted all the way to Hikuai and then on to Whangamata, where Frank and Lorraine have their holiday home or Bach (from Bachelor Pad and pronounced Back). As our minibus arrived Helen ...
World famous in Whangamata!
... an article that appeared in the local Whangamata paper last week - with a half page story about the 'Crazy Brits' who ran the Whangamata half marathon, including a big chunk of my blog entry about the race. Had absolutely NO idea that was going to happen! ...
Shark Attack.. well nearly!!
... Jangles or flip flops on), we made it and had an hours pleasurable fishing. What did we catch you are asking…..well in New Zealand it is considered very bad manners to boast about your catch, so sorry we cannot tell you!! We did however, from our ...
Hike to the Falls & sleep in the afternoon!
... on good walking shoes as we were going for a 3 to 4 hour hike into the Wentworth Valley, about 4 kilometres south of Whangamata. We are going to follow the Wentworth River to the Wentworth Falls. The walk climbs steeply with bridges crossing the river 4 ...
Across the sea to Clarkes Island
OUR BLOG We were up early today to catch the low tide so that we could walk to Hauturu (Clarkes) Island from Whangamata beach. There is an underwater causeway (this is a sand path that builds up where the waves travel around the island from both sides ...
A day
... * Went to beach - it rained (it had been like 30 degree's) weird! * Lots of Surfers - some very good * Watched highlights of Wales vs. New Zealand rugby game - poor Wales. * Slept badly - who puts a poster of insects on a unclean hostel wall! - ...
The Farm
Alex - My turn to start one of these for a change! We set off from Janne & Karl's in the morning straight for Janne's brothers place close to Whagamanta (pronounced Fangamatar). The drive was fairly uneventful apart from a brief stop in Auckland to ...
Just hitching a ride....
... people have shared their home with me, it's really amazing. Now I'm currently in a small town in the Coromandel peninsula called Whangamata. A woman that I met at the pub is letting me stay in her house for the next week, while her and her ...
a little jog around Whangamata
... pronouced 'Fangamata' - loads of places around here begin 'Wh' but are in fact pronounced 'f', the Maori way) is one of New Zealand's most popular beach resorts and is overrun with tourists in the summer, but at the moment is very tranquil and a ...
Coromandel
... up a couple of hitchhikers - Markera and Matthieu from Prague. They were hitching to Tauranga (about 120kms away) and I was driving to Whangamata (about 40 kms away). Anyway, it was a rainy sort of day so I drove to Waihi, about 30kms past Whangamata to ...
Relaxtag
... mal wieder nach Ausruhtag aus!), und lassen uns von Hausherr Peter beraten, was es so alles zu tun gibt. In Whangamata findet übers Wochenende ein Profi-Surfwettbewerb statt, für uns als neugebackene Surfer natürlich ein Pflichtbesuch :) Also ab zum ...
Corimandel Peninsula
After Rotorua we arrived at Whangamata. Only really stopped here for lunch, but decided to stay the night before heading back to Auckland for our last night. Whangamata is a small town at the base of the Corimandel Peninsula. Pretty much a holiday ...
Karate Kid am Cathedral Cove
... in Waihi, einer Stadt mit einer immer noch aktiven Goldmine mitten im Ortskern, kommen wir am Fuß der Coromandel Halbinsel an, in Whangamata. Auch hier wird gerne gesurft, es gibt kilometerlange Strände usw, aber hier ist deutlich weniger los als in Mt ...
Rain stops play
... with the sounds of native songbirds to visit Opoutere beach which was nearly deserted - idyllic stuff really. We stayed at Whangamata which is a small town but close to another beach where people seem to go straight after work for a ...
Kiwi start
... Mercury/Stingray bay. Saa smuttede vi videre til vores overnatningsby, som skulle vise sig at vaere den mest stille og doede by paaa New Zealand. Mindede meget om Davenports perfekte villakvarterer. Vi kom til byen kl. 6, ville lige gaa en lille tur og se ...
Auf dem Weg an die Bay of Plenty
Dieser Eintrag kommt erstmal ohne Bilder, da wir unseren Camper das erste Mal zum Freedom Camping genutzt haben und kein WiFi verfügbar ist. Haben an einem tollen Strand gehalten, der an der unteren Westküste von Coromandel auch noch ziemlich verlassen ...
The Warm Up
Up and usual drill, took the kids into town to look at the shops and $10 each to spend at the emporium, they both decided to save their money for something else, Don got his books he was after at the book shop, real coffee table muscle car ...
Were Gona Rock This Town
Up and about 8am and ready to walk down town for the grand parade at 10am, saw the rock n roll dancers kick off and found the crew at the local haunt (De Vine Bar on corner Casement road) watched the cars start to roll through with the countries ' ...
Further South
... The drive down was great for sightseeing even Auckland has a very impressive skyline from the road. We arrived in Whangamata in the early afternoon. We made a decision earlier not to follow the road round the Coromandel Peninsula ...
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