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Travel Blogs from Gisborne
Discovering Captain Cook - Gisborne
... went up Kaiti Hill to look for the famous statue. This hill was full of locals on their morning exercise (I was delighted to find that this included the local fire brigade!) and we drove up due to lack of time. Driving up first time, we stopped at the top to take beautiful panoramic pictures across the whole bay....the distance you can see from up here is astounding. You can almost imagine the majestic Endeavour ship arriving here as Captain Cook made ...
Hungry? Get yourself to NZ!
... cliffs on the tractor ride, as well as hundreds of smelly gannets at the Cape!). And another cafe visit to warm us up afterwards (except we ordered iced coffees, but the cake was warm and in Luke's case, this time served with butter (another slightly odd kiwi thing, but apparently quite nice)).
We are now in Gisborne - no baked goods yet (apart from a pie on the way here - because we convenient;y ran out of bread again), but I'm sure it won't be long!
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Sunny East Side day 2!
Our next stop along the East Capes Coastal road was Gisborne. On the way we visited several small towns of Te Araroa, Tokomaru Bay and Tolga Bay to get a better feel of the region and their culture.
Our first photo stop was a visit to an old traditional Carved Maori Church - St Marys Memorial Church in Tikitiki.
Our next stop was to Tolanga Bay where the longest pier in New Zealand is ...
My different christmas
... pünktlich zum anderen Weihnachten kam dann auch endlich nach einer Woche durchgängigem Regen die Sonne raus :)
Schon vor dem Lunch wurde jede Menge Alkohol ausgegeben und danach spielten die Erwachsenen ein Geschenke-Spiel. Jeder kauft ein Geschenk für einen bestimmten Preis und legt es in die Mitte des Raumes. Nacheinander wird ein Name gezogen. Derjenige, der dran ist, darf sich ein Geschenk aussuchen und sich ...
East Coast road from Whakatane to Gisborne...
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He did come up with a gem of a place though - Taiwahi Museum. It wasn't very big, there were only 4 sections but 'The Price of Citizenship' display with video of the Maori regiment actually going into battle with bayonets drawn, and photos, names and actual medals kept me there the longest. There was also a Remembrance room with all four walls covered with head shots of photos of all the men (and two ladies) who had been killed in action from the regiment. ...