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Triton Lodge Russell

7 Wellington Street Russell, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand

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Do pay the ferryman

A travel blog entry by dwiths

... minute walk which I did after lunch, and managed to take pictures of the sandunes in full sun.  They were so bright! Continuing on my way, my next stop was Tane Mahuta, or Lord of the forest if my translation serves me correctly.  Tane Mahuta is the largest Kauri tree in NZ and is over 2000 years old.  Thankfully, it was only a 5 minute walk off the main road, and there was proper parking, and even a fish and chip van.  I was very good and only had ...

Your history

A travel blog entry by dwiths

... and decided to go east coast first.  The first stop on the itinerary was Whangarei, but that was only 90 minutes away.  I decided that the Whangarei Falls would be my lunchtime stop. The drive up was pretty uneventful, probably due to the rain and cloud, but by the time I got to the Falls it had started to clear.  Lunch and a few photos taken, I was on the road again, this time to Opua to get the vehicle ferry over ...

Lange schoene Tage in Russell

A travel blog entry by abenteuer-nz

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... mit dem wir die Bay of Islands erkundeten. Die Tour verspricht einem, dass man Delfine zu sehen bekommt und wir hatten bereits in der ersten Buch Glueck!
Fuenf Delfine spielten mit dem Bug unseres Bootes, schwammen mit ihm und zeigten sich von allen Seiten. Als wir weiterfuhren, lieferten sie sich mit uns ein Rennen, unglaublich wie schnell sie sein koennen. Zusaetzlich sahen wir das beruehmte "Hole in the rock", doch draussen ...

Northland

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... 8211; and was the country’s first capital. It appears to be on an island across the bay from Paihia, but actually it is situated on a peninsula of the mainland. It became a haven for whalers, sealers and the like in the late 1700s. Thanks to the absence of any formal administration, it became a den of iniquity – taverns, brothels, pirates, brawls and worse. A missionary, Henry Williams, wrote in 1828 that a whaling captain had told him that “all the Europeans were in ...

Erster Arbeitstag als Volunteer (DOC)

A travel blog entry by scubanewzealand

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... vor Tagen mit Peter gelaufen war, war vorübergehend wegen Sturm geschlossen worden. Heute entfernten wir dann die Warnschilder, so dass der komplette Track nun wieder begehbar ist.

Zurück beim DOC Sammelplatz bekamen wir weitere Hilfe von Tony, einem weiteren DOC Mitarbeiter. Zusammen luden wir Betonmischmaschine, Laubbläser und weitere Werkzeugmaterialen in den Pickup + Anhänger. Damit fuhren wir zum Puketi Forest. Ganz
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