The Peaks Motor Inn Ohakune

... that was going by as we were headed to our shelter and let them know what we saw. They thanked us and headed down stream to see about the boats. The shelter we stayed at the night of Misty's birthday was a join location, kept up by the Maori (Polynesians that came to the islands of New Zealand about 600 years before Europeans came) and the department of conservation (government agency)

We were the first arrivals for the night. It was a beautiful ...

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... practice. It’s pet day at play school tomorrow so we get to take Tonka the lamb which should be interesting! I do love it here but I am still missing you all at home, really miss sally but i do have my new flat mate zoe the dog. Wheni arrived was excted to see the parcel waiting for me in the cottage. In it was a lovely Roxy jumper from Ben (you know me so well) a very nice letter and his old ipod whichhe had even put a playlist on just for me, i am such a lucky girl!

... were great fun and really friendly and I boarded with them all day Sunday... they've invited me to stay with them when I'm back in Auckland and I'll probably take them up on it... its a shame all my contacts live in Auckland but I'm starting to understand why... its where the work is for starters but also there isn't a lot in some of the smaller towns and not a lot nearby either! Great for me travelling through but to live there ...

... a three wheel car used for the inauguration of a US president.There was also the ultimate pimp car, full of brass.

After this visit, Sean was a very happy bunny. We continued our trip towards Ohakune. As usual, we go the the i site to look for bargains for the accommodation. The woman there found us a super cheap chalet, even cheaper than a backpacker place!! We were delighted. We also saw that some ski slopes were ...

From Waitomo, we headed towards National Park Village for a Help X placement. The village is not nearly as exciting as it sounds, but its super close to the famous Tongariro Crossing so we really wanted to stay there in hopes of getting a chance at doing the Crossing. Actually the main picture for this blog was scooped from Google and is the Emerald Lake from the Tongariro mountain. It's also famous for "Mount Doom" from Lord of the Rings... needless to ...

... gaten waar zwavel wolken uit kwamen. Nerefco kan stinken, maar lang niet zo hard, dat weet ik zeker. Toen ik tijdens de eerste klim een achterom keek, werd ik verrast door een zacht wolkendek wat over het lager gelegen gebied lag. Tijdens deze tocht loop je natuurlijk langs de Mount Doom uit The Lord of the Rings, het kost 3 ...

... type town with not much to do but a few nice cafes and certainly a nice place to eat called The Cyprus Tree where I had the best pumpkin canelloni EVER, washed down with a really nice bottle of NZ Pinot Noir and followed by passionfruit cheesecake and a mocha! Man, I was full to busting! Roar had some kind of dead thing meal, but he said his was ace too! Our accommodation there was also top notch - a cute little self ...

... Vulkane, die noch immer aktiv sind und ab und an auch mal ausbrechen.Mount Ngaurhoe ist 2287 Meter hoch und ist inden Filmen Mount Doom. Wir fahren zur ersten location. Das Wetter sieht sehr vielversprechend aus, nur einige Wolken sind am Himmel und langsam wird es warm. Unser erster Stopp ist "Ithilien". Hier wurden Szenen mit dem Spiegelsee gedreht, und auch wie Gollum versucht einen Fisch im Fluss zu fangen und dieses letzlich auch schafft. Und noch einige mehr ...

... on the viewing decks above!! After a brief supermarket stop in Taupo town centre for some supplies it was then a 2 hour drive to our next stop, Ohakune. Lisa did most of the driving and coped well with the heavy rain when driving through Tongariro national park. Ohakune is a ski mega town in the Winter thanks to the imposing Mount Ruapehu which adorns the town. Sadly, due to the bad weather driving in ...