Baileys Motel Whitianga

66 Buffalo Beach Road Whitianga, The Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand

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Day 5, North Island, New Zealand

A travel blog entry by peteandelaine

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... to rely almost totally on our IPad for updating the blog etc whereas in South America we were using hotel computers as much as possible, as they are much quicker. The written blog is OK to update here, but photos take absolutely ages and therefore not able to download as many as I would like. Luckily I will be able to remedy this at the end of our trip before I print my full journal. Total Kms today ...

Let's get to a city

A travel blog entry by lynnandkriss

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... of hours gawping at tortuous volcanic rock formations (NZ hasn’t stopped growing yet) and getting excited about seeing jellyfish, stingray and red snapper fish in the amazingly clear sea. We even saw some Little Blue Penguins busy diving for fish, so shaking KK’s belief that penguins don’t exist and are actually little robots.

KK: Dan was even good enough not to mention that there had been Orca in the area the day before. Such ...

Whitianga

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

... bit along the shore – an ended up jumping from one foot to the other as I walked across the overflow of water boiling up in the pools that were being dug. This water is seriously HOT! It is about 64degC when it makes its way through the fissures to get to the surface. After sussing the situation, I marked out a spot and began to hack away at the sand using a piece of driftwood that I had picked up along the shore. After about 2mins I still hadn’t hit warmer water, ...

Hunter Gatherer.

A travel blog entry by fos53

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... wrapped in paper in hand luggage, and she then put them to sleep in the freezer till boiling time!
Tallulha. We have had an offer for Tallulha at the asking price. Hope it comes off. We are going to hire a camper for our trip to the South Island which starts next week. If anyone has any appropriate names for our new van, prizes will be given again. Right. Time to see if I can upload any photos again.
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The Stunning Coromandel

A travel blog entry by lou_james

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... Just as we were packing up though and when almost all the light had gone Fozzy spotted a big Ray in the water just by the rocks. We think it was an Eagle Ray and it was pretty incredible to see one just swimming past us. That totally made up for not catching any fish that night!

After an early night we had an early start to walk out into the bush, following a fishing access track. It took us down to the rocks right by the mouth of the ...

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