Gibson Court Motel Rotorua

... alles neu lernen muss. Es ist echt anstrengend, birgt aber auch viele Chancen, über mich selbst mehr zu erfahren.<br><br><br>In der ersten Woche war da noch Mari und Moritz aus Deutschland, und der hatte ein großes Auto. Na, nicht dass die Größe ausschlaggebend wäre. Hauptsache es fährt, aber es war halt kein zerbeultes, klappriges Vehikel eines Backpackers, bei dem man befürchtet, es fällt gleich um die nächste Kurve auseinander. Das Auto hat uns am Sonntag zum Mt. Nangapuna ...

... too fast the first time and crashed, he took it a little slower on the next two goes. Even the beginner track was quite scary. <br><br>After Luge, Tory and Lily went horse riding at the Paradise Valley Ventures trekking company. Lily rode all by her self and even managed a nice sitting trot. Heath got to meet Gandalf's horse from the first lord of the rings movie. <br><br>After the ...

We visited the Kiwi Encounter centre the next day which is the only facility in the world that has been purpose built for the incubation &amp; rearing of kiwi birds. DoC rangers monitor egg laying in the wild &amp; retrieve the eggs at approximately 40-60 days old &amp; then transport them to Kiwi Encounter where each egg is checked to see if it's viable before placing it in an incubator. After hatching, the birds are reared at the centre in specially designed enclosures which emulate their ...

... the two of us and our lovely tour guide, Steve, bouncing along in the waves. The boat kind of meandered along the Bay of Plenty islands and we got to see Cathedral Cove (main set from the Narnia "Prince Caspian" movie!), and even a little blue penguin breast-stroking like his life depended on it! Steve steered the boat into this huge sea cave and we just sat in there with the huge waves just rolling into the cave nearly capsizing us! The whole boat ...

... crayfish. They also had that weird grandpa shark (sevengill shark). There was also an exhibit about dinosaurs that were found in New Zealand. No one thought there were any dinosaurs in New Zealand but a housewife thought this wasn't true. So she went digging for many years and found many bones even two skulls. One of which was a large aquatic lizard and the other was of a large swimming dinosaur. She was ...

... Everything is so much more relaxed, why the rush? You'll run yourself to the grave. You can understand why it is so relaxed, why would you want to speed through life while surrounded by all this! The shop opens and Angie rushes through the open door much to the dismay of the owner, she seemed perplexed by the early burst from my sibling. We sit in the sun on the grass next to the RV waiting for mum and dad to arrive. Their car was being delivered to their hotel sometime in the morning ...

... was coming to an end and all we managed to see was the downtown and the museum, we've decided to take an explorer bus to hit all the major attraction in a half day. Bad decision, as the nicely painted double-decker bus proved to have horrible suspension that made L giggle every time G was trying to photograph some relevant edifice/park/panorama. And you can imagine G's gratification at not being able to take a single decent photo and being laughed at in the ...

... peel them and prepare them in the morning. Placing the food in the correct order in the baskets is crucial as everything will be cooking at the same time. So place the large roast meat on the bottom of the baskets with chicken on top of that. Put the potato's and kumara on next and cabbage quarters to fill in any gaps. Finally place the stuffing in an oven bag or mutton cloth on top. Salt Ground Preparation Use your basket size as a measurement to size up the hole you need to ...

... Lady Knox Geyser. This erupts daily at 10.15am, with a little helping hand from the staff who work there. After the geyser eruption, we went back to the geothermal park and spent a couple of hours walking round, looking at all the different features. There are 3 walks that you can do, of varying length. We had enough time so we did the longest walk. You get given a guide map with the ...

... Wir sind noch am Hang des Ruapehu in Whakapapa Ski gefahren und ich habe mit den beiden einen zweiten Anlauf auf das Tongariro Crossing gewagt, diesmal richtig, und mich sehr über die offensichtliche Grösse des übersehenen Wegmarkers geschämt.<br><br>Ray ist inzwischen so richtig mit Flasche umgetauft worden und steht den beiden auf ihrer weiteren Reise treu zur Seite. Er ist inzwischen wieder auf seiner geliebten Südinsel angelangt und wird Regine dort bis März an die schönsten Stellen führen.<br><br><br>