Barclay Motel Hamilton
280 Ulster Street, Hamilton Waikato Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand
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Kawhia or Cowhia?
Debi has already pointed out, in yesterday's entry, the idyllic nature of our morning. Birds singing, the sounds of mild surf far below and a view that stretches for miles and miles. Gorgeous. We set out, continuing northward. Breakfast-our usual "too much" food-and fuel for the car highlighted the morning--we couldn't figure out how to get the gas …
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Anyone using a helicopter for a view is just lazy!
... 12:20 Ahhh!! There it is: through the trees: I can see a communications mast - that MUST be the top!! Just a last little push up-up-up-up-up a bit more and a bit more!
12:25 I collapse on the grass at the top, exhausted but happy and take a few moments to recover before standing on the top most platform to have a butchers at the view, hoping it will be worth the climb, and it doesn't disappoint. North, you can see a river running out to the sea, a little further ...
Taffs destroy Pacific Islanders
... a few nights like that in my student days and on occasions, but I think seeing that confirmed to me I’ve grown out of that, or at least, I’m too old for that.
We got to Rental Car Village near Ponsonby, in Auckland to pick up our campervan. Luckily I had prepared Sam for the type of van we were getting so when she saw our Mazda Bongo, the reason she said "Frick" was not because of the realisation she was about to spend 3 months in the little thing, but because ...
F&C
... the group were incredibly irritating and at times rather childish and dull, not what we had been accustomed to in the previous month and a bit!!
We went for a brief walk up to Inspiration Point, although it was not very inspirational on the day we went as there was a lot of cloud around and not too much sunshine. We made use of the TV lounge and the free pool table before a group outing to ...
Raglan and Kawhia
... auctions and competitions and fundraising events they have held, one socket set being sold and resold continuously at higher prices each time, raising $700 on the last occasion it was sold (worth about $15) all to help the people of Christchurch. Cantabrians, rest assured, the whole of New Zealand it seems is behind your plight. She alone had donated $1,000 towards the relief fund. The sentiment seems to be that it could happen to any of us, and we ...



