Poets Corner Lodge Waihi
28 Poets Corner Road Waihi, Bay of Plenty, North Island, RD1, New Zealand
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Home is where the Hobbit is
... If I had visited it before October I wouldn't have seen much, just a few hobbit shaped houses with white plywood doors. However, the site was closed for a month while Peter Jackson filmed 'The Hobbit', and expanded it, and left the set as it was. So we saw Hobbiton in it's full glory of houses with doors, gardens, signposts, lakes, trees etc. We even had to sign a document saying that we wouldn't put any of the pictures on the Internet until ...
Waihi Christmas Parade
So, what better way to see the beautiful little town of Waihi, than from a old Green-Goddess style firetruck in a Christmas parade?! None, I can tell you. After a quick trip to Waihi beach so Rooney could show me some of the sights while Nikki got her eyelashes permed (yes, this is not a typo, freaking weirdo!) we hopped into the back seats of the firetruck to join the parade.
The truck ...
It's that family Christmas feeling!
True to form, I happened to need a lift from Te Aroha to Waihi, and the manager of my hostel happened to be driving through Waihi this morning. I kid you not, I'm telling you, I don't even know myself how these little coincidental lucky tidbits happen to me.
So, incredibly easily, I rolled out of bed and into the car, and then found myself being dropped off outside the library to use their free internet, while I waited for my host, and cousin, Nikki, to ...
Wir bitten um eure Hilfe:)
Hallo ihr Lieben,
wie wir anhand der Besucherzahl auf
dem Blog sehen, seid ihr fleissig am Teilhaben an unserer Reise!
Es macht uns auch viel Spass,
regelmaessig Fotos und Berichte hochzuladen. Allerdings kostet das
Internet hier sehr viel und das Uploaden dauert ewig!
Wir sind leider zur Zeit am ueberlegen,
ob wir den Blog schliessen muessen.
Uns kam jedoch die Idee, wenn jeder von
euch uns ...
Strandtag
... unterschaetzen...Ihr koennt euch gar nicht vorstellen, wo wir ueberall Sand haben:)
Gleich testen wir noch den Pool aus und verbringen wie immer einen gemuetlichen Abend mit leckerem Essen.
Morgen geht es dann weiter zum naechsten schoenen Strand...
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