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Travel Blogs from Piha, New Zealand
Ausflug nach Piha und zu den Kitekitefalls
... grossen Stadt und landeten in einem Paradies. Ca. eine Stunde von Auckland entfernt, ueber einen huegeligen Pass kommt man nach Piha. Dort gibt es wundervolle schwarze Straende, gruene Waelder und Gebirge. Wir machten uns auf zur einer Wanderung, vorbei ...
Canyoning in the Waitakere Mts.
... the Waitakere Mtns. The silver ferns were everywhere. The scenery was fabulous. Once over the top and heading down to Piha, Cam stopped at a viewpoint. The views of the big waves crashing onto the beach, the rugged cliffs and Lion Rock jutting out ...
Whangarei to Piha (the Northlands)
... though. Time was passing and we wanted to have the weekend in Auckland so we hacked on down the west coast to get to Piha Beach just as it was getting dark but with enough light to see how impressive the approach was. This place had been recommended to ...
Pronounced 'pee-har'
Today, I'm afraid, was another typical sunny New Zealand day, and so off we went to the beach. Piha is to the west of Auckland, and I think it probably took about an hour to get there, along those crazy winding bendy roads. It's a very scenic spot, with ...
PADI and Deep Adventure Divers
Second day of diving, I'm quite nervous. The thought of being 30m under water and when you come up you have to do a decompression stop at 5m for 3 minutes. It is a bit scary incase you need to do an emergency surface. It is like Liz and I have changed ...
kuraki trees - tallest trees in new zealand
... to the information centre to find a spot where we could see the Kuraki Trees! The Kuraki trees our the biggest species in New Zealand! They are amazing! Later we headed further up north! Written by Ali (I am running out of time on my ...
Jess' Tiki Tour
... us on a Tiki Tour … a "drive around" for all the non Kiwi's. First we headed up to a popular surfing spot called Piha Beach, which was pretty. It wasn’t exactly sunbaking weather, but it wasn’t raining either, and the sun even ...
Schwarzer Sand und Spatzeninvasion
... es geht rauf und runter und links und rechts. Zu allem Ueberfluss ist es auch noch ein bisschen nebelig. Aber urploetzlich kurz vor Piha ging es dann los. Man bekommt eine super Aussicht von ganz oben, ueber die ganze Stadt. Man sieht den Strand und die ...
Po práci legraci
Sem se dneska hecnul, vstal o hodinu dřív a makal do rachoty. Proč jsem klesnul k něčemu takovému? Protože se po dvou měsících umoudřil vítr a na západním pobřeží fouká offshore! :-) Měl jsem to ...
Dobrý den, co si dáte? Rybu!
... začalo v podstatě jako tradiční víkend – vstávačka, nakýblovat krámy do auta a šupky dupky na Piha beach. Chvíli jsem se povozil (nic moc), pak mě opětovně vycvičil rip a když už jsem ...
A visit to the places i belong....THE BEACH
... It was pretty awesome to be able to see everything from up there, and obviously was the ideal place for my 1st handstand shot of New Zealand.....o wait it was my first one, i dint even realise until writing this actually :-D. So really this was a day for ...
Northland
... ! Seit gestern sind wir wieder in Auckland und bleiben vermutlich bis morgen oder uebermorgen. Heute waren wir mit zwei anderen Deutschen aus unserem Hostel am Piha Beach. Joa, morgen gehts vielleicht endlich nach Waiheke Island, aber man wird sehen. ...
surf paradise in Piha
... 'e, cette fois ci en van, 2 mois se sont déjŕ écoulés. On va passer l'aprčs midi dans la ville du surf, Piha. John et moi faisons ensuite voyage ŕ part pour la 1ere fois puisque John part passé une semaine dans le Northland avec Etienne et ...
Piha and it's black sand beaches
... as soon as you open the door. On the first day we hiked Lion rock. Lion rock is an eroded volcano core that is 101 meters tall. Piha has black sand beaches because there is a lot of iron in the sand. It is hard to walk on a sunny day because it gets so ...
Up dste on Natural Disaster Tour
The Natural Disaster Tour has experienced a Tsunami! Last night we trauwled the small village of Piha to find a venue for Jasper to watch the Super 15 rugby . The bowling club was our saviour and had good food as well. Beer in hand and tummy's full of ...
Trip to Piha & Karekare Beaches
... of malibu board riding in New Zealand, introduced by two Californian lifeguards in 1956. The first surf boat race held in New Zealand was at Piha in the 1930s. Piha has rips and currents and Fisherman regularly die off the rocks. Piha is not just surf ...
Black Sand
... drive through the national park called Waitakere which looks like a big rainforest and then you reach the volcanic beaches. One is in Piha and has a Lion rock (cause it looks like a lion :)). The beach is ideal for surfers but carful with your mobile and ...
Forests and Beaches and no more city!
... is also a lot of death too. Here it feels very natural and nothing to fear. I, then, travelled down a windy, twisty road to Piha. Lion Rock does indeed look like a lion but more so from above (there's a great view point on the road before it ...
Chillout-Phase
... km westlich von Auchland bis nach Piha, einem stillen Örtchen direkt am Meer und dem riesengrossen und dunkelmarmor erscheinenden Piha Beach. Er hat deswegen so einen schwarzen Sand, weil er aus Vulkangestein entstand... Ich erklomm zuerst den Lions ...
Den sorte strand
... var det tid til at opleve landet. Sĺ břrnene blev pakket og afsted tog familien Fog Justesen med badetřj og hĺndklćder mod stranden i New Zealand - det skulle jo vćre sĺ smukt. Inden vi nĺede bilen blev vi dog ramt af de fřrste drĺber ...
Eventually finding Piha beach
... notice it until we were passed. We eventually made it to Piha beach, we are staying in the campsite just opposite the beach. Piha has blackish sand of volcanic origin and is one of NZ’s most popular surfing beaches. There is a big rock ...
Janette the Beanie Woman
The next day I dropped Maireka in Auckland at a hostel, she had plans to meet a friend. I headed out to Piha, a beach community / suburb west of Auckland. The wind was up and there was a big swell hitting but the conditions were "victory at ...
Windy West Coast
... visible pas (fort areas) within the area to protect it. The waves are killer, dude, and some of the best surfing is in Piha. I went into Piha, hoping to get lunch, but they only have surfing there. I went back into Auckland for lunch and to find a place ...
Hot as balls
... ranges for a ramble to a big damn. The weather was an absolute scorcher so after a couple of hours wander, we made our way to Piha beach which is as notorious in NZ as Bondi in Oz. The beaches out west of Auckland are all black sand beaches which causes a ...
Piha Beach
This afternoon we went to Piha Beach, which is on the west coast. They film a series there called Piha Rescue. The sand here is black as its volcanic rock. It feels like walking on kettle water! There are Jellyfish all over the beach and loads of ...
Canyoning at Piha
... The guy, Cam, was actually really cool to talk to, and taught us a bunch of cool things. When we were almost to Piha, we got this incredible view of the beach: You know that feeling you get when you see something, and it clicks a special chord ...
Jak se krotí rip
... jakou tu vlnku. Sluníčko svítí, teplota vzduchu... nad nulou, co víc si přát :-) A tak jsem zkusil znovu pokořit South Piha. Po konzultaci se surfařema, co nedávno začali (ideální rádci), jsem vběhnul do moře na ...