Hibiscus Palms Motel Orewa

... in the City centre, something to do with the Maoris and their seats in parliament I think! Because of this I had almost decided not to cross the city and make for Pohoi but as I drove towards the bridge it was not too busy to I just kept going and with the help of my dear Miss Garmin I made it to Pohoi. Karen had kindly left me a key and I arrived at 3pm, much relieved that I had ...

... big. He did that again to another tree, bigger than the first and so when he did it a third time to Te Matua Ngahere we were just all in awe of it's presence. <br><br>We stopped at another set of trees called the Four Sisters then Tane Mahuta.<br>Tane Mahuta is the largest kauri known to stand today. The trunk height is 17.68 metres and has a total height of 51.2 metres! The trunk girth is 13.77 metres! It is the most famous tree in New Zealand, along with Te Matua Ngahere ...

... interesting/entertaining. Anyway, be good. See ya Colin Song of the day: Range Life by Pavement ps for those who haven't see it before, the photo was taken in Pakistan a few years ago. I don't usually look like a terrorist (I hope).

... the oncoming cyclists gave me enough clues, that and the roadsigns went well although I was a little unsure about things dropping down into a narrow, quiet gorge, but i popped out in Tawa, indicating things were ok. Past a big lagoon near Johnsonville then over a massive hill and down to the Kapiti coast. Things were going fairly well until i stopped at Paekakariki (pronounced pie-cock a reeky) for a pie &amp; ice coffee. There was a Kapati coast cycle route signs which i ...

... singen traditionelle Lieder, sehr stimmungsvoll. Wir machen einen 30 minuetigen Waldspaziergang und sehen einige beeindruckende alte Kauri Baeume. Und auch der Wald an sich ist toll und der Geruch des Waldes ist toll. Wir fahren weiter durch Dargaville, Ruawi, Brynderwyn und stossen dann wieder auf die Nr.1, die wir Richtung Sueden fahren. Wir kommen durch Warksworth und checken im Top Ten Caravan Park in Orewa fuer die Nacht ...

... little plane, and we left the tropical Island of Zanzibar. Upon our arrival in Dar es Salaam, we collected our bags, and located the "United Emirates" (great airline!) desk -- staffed by one.  Nice lady, the United Emirates rep -- she was able to check our bags all the way through to Auckland.  Very nice lady. (We had packed in our carry-on the necessities for an overnight, anticipating - optimistically - that this might be possible.) We then went through Customs and then ...

After spending the last few weeks hangin around Mount Maunganui and Tauranga, we finally decided dat to get some work we would need to head back to da big smoke Auckland. We checked into a fairly nice hostel called Bamber House in Mount Eden area. Nice area but a lot of strange people roaming wir street and also a peeping tom who we caught taking pictures through wir glass door o wir room which wis a bit ...

After contacting my third cousins who have emigrated to new zealand we popped in to see them on the way back from northland (north of auckland). becca found amazing happiness in having a sofa and a bed for the night and after being lovingly invited to christmas by them we decided that we ought no to waste time so will have a quick mini break to the cormandel penisula where this is a beach where hot water ...

12/12/2008 Orewa Beach If time had permitted we would have stayed in the Bay of Islands for another day to take a boat cruise to go and see the local dolphins - however our itinerary is tight and Lisa was still full up with a cold so an outside boat tour probably wasn't the best thing. First job for me this morning though was to do the first of a few visits over the next 3 ...

... verschil hier in NZ: een huis laten bouwen of het zelf bouwen, wat ook veel gedaan wordt) en was opgetrokken uit prachtig gelakt hout en enorm ruim van binnen. Er moest nog veel gedaan worden: stapels met hout lagen aan de zijkanten, het zonnedek was half af, maar dat maakte niet uit: wauw!<br>Er was ook een ander stelletje aan het werk: Luke en Anna uit Engeland. <br>En toen was er Lewis, C.S. Lewis, de 18 maand oude hond. Wat een beest! Speels, lief en ...