Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this MotelAnchor Lodge Coromandel
We'll be there in no time!
Our ferry ride was very windy but gave us spectacular sights of the harbour and nearby islands. We passed Rangitoto Island a dormant volcano now lush with greenery and then on to Waiheke Island only a 45 minute ferry to downtown Auckland. It is an island of 2000+ people, some who live and work on the island; some who do the 45 minute commute every …
Coromandel
I took a little break from Auckland and went to Coromandel, about 2 hours away by ferry. It is very nice there and only has small villages. I spent the first day in Coromandel Town and took the Creek Railway which is worth doing. The little train drives up the hill though a nice tree fern forest and you have amazing views from the top. They just …
Coromandel Town
Coromandol Town ist ein kleines Goldgräber Städtchen. War am ersten Tag beim Driving Creek Railway. Eine Einspurige Eisenbahn, welcher ein Töpfer selber gebaut hat, um im Hügel an die Tonerde heranzukommen.
Ansonsten auch eher entspannt. An einem Tag machte ich mich auf dem Weg zum Strand. Naja, war enttäuscht, dachte er sieht schöner …
Auckland --> Coromandel Town
Am Morgen nach dem Angebot wurde ich von Magrit und Jil, die beiden Freundinnen von Jane, um 10:30 Uhr abgeholt. Die beiden wohnen ursprünglich in London. Jil ist in Neuseeland, um ihr Heimatland, England, während der Rugby WM zu unterstützen. Kommendes Wochenende spielen sie gegen Schottland. Magrit besucht ihre Tochter und ihr Enkelkind.
Wooop!
you will all be suprised to hear i ate the famous green-tipped mussell in coromandel as though i had to pretty much!! so yea.. i had a minging mussell!!!
it was hothothot! met some awesome people! Ben and Emma, Ruben and Nadine -- had a wicked bbq, where was nearly sick ate too much as it was proper food... meeeeat!!!
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