PineLodge Opua

923 State Highway 11 Opua, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

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Erst die Arbeit, dann das erste Lagerfeuer

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... Im Hintergrund genoss ich die Gitarrenmusik von Sebastian, und das Zirpen der Grillen.

Gegen 22Uhr verließen wir ordnungsgemäß unsere Feuerstelle. Als wir im Auto saßen, fing es auch schon an zu Regnen. Genau das richtige Timing. Glück gehabt. Vom Feuer war ich so müde geworden, dass ich sofort ins Bett ging.

Einen schönen Tag und für mich eine gute Nacht.

Euer Scuba vom anderen Ende der Welt.
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Welcome in “Middel Of Nowhere"

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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Hier in dem Cottage fühle ich mich nun am Ende der Welt. Hier ist das Middel of nowhere. Denn im Umkreis von 1km ist keine Menschenseele bzw. ein Haus. Da man hier ohne Fahrrad, Auto und Internet aufgeschmissen ...

Passage to Opua, NZ

A travel blog entry by mithrandir

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... we don’t need them on passage anyway.
We stow the heavy wooden salad bowl and everything else that turns into a missile or can get airborne ie apples and oranges, books etc.
Our stateroom in the back gets turned into a garage and storage. Mattress folds in half and we pile all sorts of stuff there, like scuba gear, fenders, bbq, spare sails to lighten the bow etc.
We only need one bunk in the forward cabins because only one of us will be ...

On paradise beach

A travel blog entry by samandmichelle

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... with a marine park stretching out into the sea. The area very nearly became an early 'environmental’ holiday park back in the 70s, but before the plans got too far it was decided that the archeological significance of the land was too great to allow any development at all. In particular, the area is littered with early Maori settlements and fortifications (pa) and, under the sand and soil, much of it forms a mass grave for the thousands killed ...

The beautiful far flung North

A travel blog entry by lou_james

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... Ngahere and Tane Mahuta. The latter of these is the largest living kauri left and he is absolutely MAHOUSIVE! The guide book talks about not so much seeing him, as being allowed to enter his presence, he is that impressive! We found it quite strange the way the locals talk about them as if they are 'people’ however we realised it is because these last surviving trees are the physical embodiment of their spiritual gods.

After here ...

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