Emerald Gisborne
Corner Reads Quay and Gladstone Road Gisborne, North Island, 4040, New Zealand
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Day 39 Gisborne
... to see money being put into outdoor actvities for kids. We then decided to go to the cinema, not a great selection of films so we opted for New Years Eve (sappy Rom Com, but we enjoyed it!) We then spent the rest of the evening in the hotel's bar 'The Cri' as it wass karaoke night. Some of the singers were rather entertaining, including a guy who knew all the words to Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby, quality viewing!
got a hole in one, ICE ICE BABY! Claire ...
Der Rest der 5 Wochen Campervan
... Leos Eltern gesagt, dass wir Geld von Christian bekommen. Also fuhren wir zu ihm, um das 10. Mal Mitleid ausgesprochen zu bekommen; er klebte das kaputte, offene Fenster zu und entfernte die Glassplitter sowie das Souvenir - den Baumstamm. Danach ersetzte Spaceships das Fenster und wir fuhren ins Base hostel, um Muna zu sagen, dass wir wahrscheinlich doch nicht in die Wohnung einziehen, sondern dass wir nur noch raus aus auckland wollen. An dem Tag fiel es uns schwer, darüber ...
East Coast road from Whakatane to Gisborne...
... balance of the board and the angle of the turn I guess. It was interesting. I chatted with a small dog who is obviously used to being left to his own devices while dad surfed. He ran up and down and round in circles on the beach, coming almost close enough for me to touch before flicking me a laughing eye and dashing away at speed to investigate a previously missed scent. Then it was back to Tom who was waiting (uninterested in surfers) reading the Lonely Planet ...
Should have got break down cover!
... it to the top of the mountain we were driving up and were able to coast to a flat piece of land on the side of the road. Instinctively, we both got out of the car and checked under the bonnet but soon realised how pointless that was, as we both know nothing about the mechanics of a car! After only a few minutes we saw a car approaching from afar and immediately started flagging it down, looking helpless and sorry for ourselves. Luckily, the driver took pity on us and pulled ...
Wine country!?! But we don't drink wine!!
... it was a tasty ale. In the evening we decided to drive to ‘The Cook Observatory’ on Kaiti Hill, which prides itself on being the World's Easternmost Observatory, as we’d heard the local enthusiasts have a weekly meeting there, so we thought we’d join them (for a $5 fee) to do a bit of star-gazing. As it turned out, after driving precariously up to the top of the hill in complete darkness (which was a feat in itself, considering we ...



