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Whitianga Slideshow
Whitianga
Travel Blogs from Whitianga, New Zealand
Nice area
Now in Whitainga, which is a small resort town directly on the Pacific coast. Lots of beach here, mainly deserted now. Weather generally cool some sun. B&B is quite nice. Bedroom a bit small, but guest lounge is ...
The start of our 'Kiwi Experience'
... got back on the bus to warm up as the sun was setting and the air getting rather chilly! Forty minutes later we arrived in Whitianga ('Wh' in Maori is pronouced 'F'), where we are to stay the night. The privately owned hostel was run by a retired couple ...
Saying Goodbye to being a local in Whitianga
... . The three of us will then make our way to the South Island. Reflecting over these past few months here in Whitianga, its hard to capsulize on all my experiences here. I'm already feeling nostalgic about leaving. Although my original plan was to ...
Mercury Bay
After leaving Auckland on the Thursday morning bright and early we went for another tour around the city, mentioned previously that when i went up the sky tower that you could see the many extinct volcanoes in the area. Drove up one of these extinct ...
Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove
... we found ourselves on an actual three lane motorway heading into central Auckland. Auckland is absolutely huge in comparison to anywhere else in New Zealand. Over two thirds of the population live there as well. (Gives you an idea of how sparse the South ...
Whitianga
... , een andere maatschappij rijdt weer niet in de winter. De enige keus die ik had was met een 'werkers bus'. Voordat we whitianga uitreden gingen we langs een oester en mossel farm waar een aantal potige kerels en 'overweight' vrouwen de bus in stapten. ...
In Hot Water
... who were looking for a place to set up shop, then headed off the beach to get cleaned up. As is typical for most New Zealand beaches, we found a nice public shower and dressing room, so we had the sand washed off us in no time. We headed out ...
The 1st hostel - hope it's not like the film!
We started this morning with a trip to the Sky Tower in Auckland, and had brunch with Liz which was really fantastic as we could look above at all the place in Auckland we had been - we've done so much in the last couple of days, it feels like we've been ...
Ziemlich ruhig hier!
Mercury Bay, 25.04.2011 Mein zweiter Stop in Auckland verläuft ähnlich wie Nummero uno. Wegen Zeitmangels und Müdigkeit beschränkt sich meine Auckland-Erfahrung auf Einkaufen und Schlafen. Solls auch geben ;-) Wer also was über diese Stadt wissen ...
a slow day in whitianga
having got to whitainga and liked the look of it enough to stay a little longer i cancelled my 7.45 am bus ticket and rearranged one for 1.15pm. so this morning after breakfast i went for a wander around catching the ferry across the bay and taking a ...
New Chums & train spotting potters
... own spa in the only clear bit of sand - where the water was WAY too hot! A friend of Guy, Shelly recommended a beach called New Chums, it was hard to find & involved a long walk over rocks across a freezing cold river estuary & over a headland ...
Prince Caspian's Favourite Beach
... , stunning. (I think that word will be cropping up a lot over the next few blogs.) Mountains, lakes, trees... Everywhere. I knew New Zealand would be spectacular but nothing prepares you for just how breathtaking it really is – even when I felt ...
mt maunganui and whitianga
... the tan. About 1.30 I got the first of two buses, firstl to Thames where i caught my connection to whitianga on the coromandel peninsula. The bus was delayed by the fact they don't trust the drivers and actually stop you somewhere for ...
Let's Just Stay In
... confused. I might have a pic or two to put up in a few weeks when I get my waterproof camera developed. The hostel in Whitianga was pretty nice, although I don't remember the name of it. We even had our own kitchenette. Oh, but this is where Simon ...
Smells Like Death
... famed Coromandel Peninsula, stopping at a beach to admire the shells that adorned the beach. We continued beach-combing in Whitianga, where Jessie found a few more shells to add to the collection she'd started three days ago and was storing in the ...
Thames - Whitianga
... just calling out to be played with or laid upon. After lazing on the sand for five minutes, we continued on to Whitianga, where the biggest excitement occurred when the siren sounded the alert calling all volunteers to the fire station. After seeing many ...
Shells everywhere you look
it is weird how a place spelled Whitianga in New Zealand is pronounced ...
Whitianga, North Island
... up the west coast we stopped for lunch in Coromandel town before continuing to the east side and pitching up in Whitianga for two nights. The beaches and views here were stunning so first we went to Hot Water Beach where when the tide is ...
De groene bus
De vrijdag ochtend vrij vroeg opgepikt door de bus. Nou zal ik eerst even kort uitleggen hoe we rondreizen in Nieuw Zeeland. We reizen me de Kiwi Experience wat een zogehete "BackPackers Bus" is. Dit houdt in dat ze je van A naar B rijden maar ook op ...
Marvelous Mercury Bay
... hug it, he just watched whilst having a fag.....yeah a real Maori worshipper!! On the last night, we played Trivial Pursuit (New Zealand 1980 version) with the rest of the hostel guests. I am proud to announce that Heather and I were on the ...
kiwiexperience bus
ok so we have left auckland. for travel we have a pass on this bus called kiwiexperience. its a hop on hop off tour bus that will eventually get us to christchurch via basically all the places we want to go. not a bad price and they take you to all the ...
Auckland and Onwards
... you are: Cheltenham Beach, a half deserted curve of sand. On such a lovely day it was quite something. Again, this being New Zealand, the whole area is sandwiched between two mini-volcanoes, each only a few hundred feet high but both perfect cones. ...
The Hot Water Beach
Time to move on. I took the bus to Whitianga on a cold and miserable day. The hostel was right on the beach on another day it would be a wonderful setting but today it was just nice to be inside and watch the sea from the balcony. At Hot Water Beach at ...
Day 74
... ripped off in an expensive corner shop. The shopkeeper was lovely though and after she'd pointed out the fairly obvious relating to New Zealand coinage, we headed on again, Jo in the front trying to suppress a bout of travel sickness. Jack and Tom shared ...
From Auckland to Whitianga
... shower and toilet and we also have our own kitchen. After settling in and changing into some warmer clothes, we headed off to downtown Whitianga. Just across the street from where we're staying there is a beach, so we headed down to the water first. We ...
Sun Worshipping at Cathedral Cove
... , it may appear like we do not know where we are going but the reason I've given 2 different place names is because most New Zealand places have both an English and a Maori name. After a quick stop in Thames for lunch and to pick up some ...