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Gisborne Slideshow
Gisborne
Travel Blogs from Gisborne, New Zealand
Last night in the van
Only drove a short way today. Going to Napier tomorrow to look for work!!! My last night of sleeping in the van - Cant wait for a nice ...
Waiting for parts!!
... that they were at fault - all a bit of a mess!! The parts were not due to arrive until Monday, which meant a long stay in Gisborne, but at 5pm we had a call to say they were with a courier and would arrive tomorrow - Saturday - so that was better. We ...
Glorious Gizzy
... unexpected. So after an early morning drop of by avon, a hug from sum random maori guy at the bus stop and a 10 hour journey I am now in Auckland waiting for my plane to Melbourne. So goodbye New Zealand (I'll be back I promise) and hello ...
Lighthouses and cows
... , Gisborne!! We had an amazing drive along the coast and took a detour inland to go to the most eastern point of New Zealand, a lighthouse looking out onto East Island. When we arrived the sign said "Steep climb for 25 minutes"....I panicked and told ...
East As
Hi All! So after we hit Taupo we did the four day trip "East As". Gisborne (Tatapouri) "East As" involved exploring the far east of the north island. We were expecting it to be a very chilled part of our trip and it was :-) The morning was spent ...
Im rubbish at titles!
... little hedgehog pottering the garden last night, but the cats watching it werent sucha nice thought..... Apparently Gisborne gets the most sun of anywhere in New Zealand, and is also rated the top place to be by the Lonley Planet guide, i think its ...
Waves and Bull Riders
... . All in all, the afternoon learning to surf at the beach was one of the most enjoyable days I've had since coming to New Zealand. I really love anything in the water and surfing was just something I should have tried a long time ago. I went out for ...
My different christmas
Wir WWOOFer wurden von der Familie herzlichst eingeladen, über Weihnachten auf der Farm zu bleiben und mitzufeiern. 8 WWOOFer nahmen das Angebot mit Freude an :) Am 24. wünschten wir Deutschen uns frohe Weihnachten, denn in Neuseeland feiert man ...
Art deco
... the country (although a bit less than when we arrived!) Mid afternoon we left for a 2 hour drive up the coast to Gisborne, NZ's most easterly city. For some reason they are really proud that they are the first city to see the sun rise?!?! Gisborne ...
Don't go chasing waterfalls
... to cut my loses with Napier, hit the supermarket and petrol station and get on my way. This time my destination was Gisborne. I had learnt my lesson with yesterday's trip. The North Island is quite a bit different from the South Island. The ...
waitomo caves and mt ruhapeu
... class playgrounds. NZ is probably the best place in the world for a 4 year playground connoisseur. End of 6 month contract in New Zealand. Oh my goodness, the job in Oregon fell through. What now? How about another 6 months in New Zealand? Sure ...
Camping crisis
... . We spotted some cool wine bars and a fair few fish restaurants, now they should be good as we are right by the sea. I feel New Zealand Mussells may be on the menu for me!!! Lets hope they dont notice the stench from Davids clothes or the fact that he ...
Training Days...
... into it. His mom taught one of Ihi's daughters, and Mac was the first one at the pool. He and I talked about sport life in New Zealand, and I realized he is involved in a ton of activities! One of his friends came by for a dip in the pool. Once he found ...
New Years in Gisborne
Rob and I headed over to Gisborne for New Years after spending a few days in Taupo. We'd been on the road forever and it'd been days since either of us had even seen a girl when in the middle of actual nowhere about 20 minutes before dark we passed two ...
East As, Bro
... looking forward to a relaxing, stress free little jaunt around the coast. The first overnight stop was Tatapouri, not too far from Gisborne. On the way, Renz, our driver told us all about how this stretch of coastline was home to some of the best surfers ...
Gisborne - wines
... so much to offer and a real heartfelt love for their wine. Visiting these boutique vineyards is amazing and I have to say that Gisborne is a place that cannot be missed. Not just for the wine but for the local produce, there is real micro climate ...
Wine country!?! But we don't drink wine!!
... we wanted to try and see a bit of the East Coast before heading back to Auckland, so decided to head to Gisborne, the third largest grape growing region in New Zealand, so we were expecting lots of good wine! After a 3 hour journey, we were keen to find a ...
Day 10: Taupo to Gisbourne
... were back on our way towards Rotorua to pick the others up. We had a small break in Rotorua and then we were on our way towards Gisborne. Our first stop was lunch at a mini retail park; we also had to buy anything we needed for the next 3 days as we ...
Another night at Brian's Place
04/02/1009 After my best nights sleep in ages I get up super early(6:35 just missing the sunrise doh!) to go for a run by the sea. Another chap at the hostel also does a bit of running but he seems like a serious athlete travelling worldwide to do ...
Sunrise & Stingrays
This morning I was woken but yet another crazy Dutch guy who for some reason set his alarm for 5am to watch the sunrise which wasn't until 6.15! Why he needed 1hr 15mins to walk 20 seconds to the beach I do not know. Anyway I walked to the beach ...
Suicide by the Dashboard Lights
... her. I had just peeled it out from under my wiper, and was laughing and sad at the same time. My first surf experience in Gisborne didn't go so well. I got really badly tossed and only managed to surf the white-water on the way in. The sun was low ...
The Flying Nun
Gisborne Gisborne was a lovely place, it is here that Captain Cook first stepped onto land in New Zealand in 1769. The trip was not however highly successful as there were squirmishes with the locals (as usual) before a rather apprehensive peace made. ...
“Here comes the sun, do-do-do-do”
... a city: at some 30,000 people it’s hardly a bustling metropolis. Its second claim to fame is as the first place in New Zealand where Europeans set foot. Again, a bold claim, and there’s certainly a thrill about walking the same pebbling ...
surf area
Gisborne is one of the most famous place to surf in the north island of NZ. during the weekend, everybody go surf. young and old, men and women. the line up seems to be like a chattering bar ! :) we stay here during 2 days having great time between surf ...
TRAVELING
... with them again ... On Wednesday we awoke to grey skies again, looked at the weather map and decided to follow the sun ,... to Gisborne which is a suprisingly long way from the Mount. We went around the East Cape, drove 30 mins on an unsealed road to ...
left is right, right is wrong
... and i have a nose ring. they hurt for a bit, but i really like them, Jule's got her lip done, so now were totally new people. we made it to whakatane and spent a day on the beach there, we decided against doing the tour of white island because were just ...
From Tauranga to Gisborne
... Captain Cook's statue and Young Nick's statue. Nick Young was a 12yr old who was the 1st person to see the mountains of New Zealand, from the ship, and was rewarded with a gallon of rum. Captain Cook also named cliffs 10km south of Gisborne after the ...
driving driving & more driving
... staying as the weather was turning bad.....BIG lesson don’t drive for miles without checking the weather!!! The drive to Gisborne was another stunner but much longer because of the winding roads, sheer drops below, steep hills & valleys!! The ...