Golden Bay New Zealand

... "home" country and decided to continue our nomadic lifestyle... sharing with them parts of the World that we love, as well as exploring new and exciting places. I will do my best to highlight many of our ventures that we take as we explore the planet.

... of nights over the easter weekend - not bad huh?! The day before, Colleen and Mike her husband took us on a tour around Golden Bay.  We went in the morning to a local market in Takaka before heading off to Farewell Spit and Cape Farewell, ...

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... to maybe sit on the beach and do a tour (what we thought was a quadding tour) of the huge sand bar off the coast of Golden Bay. Turns out I (Jackie) just assumed in my head when I had read 4WD that it was quads when it was actually just mini 4WD bus ...

Uplaaa - the sunniest part of New Zealand, the Gold Coast. We started off with a day walk on the Abel Tasman Costal walk. 21k my feet nearly fell off at the end, but it was georgeous. We're getting into this walking craic. Only problem we now have is ...

... our wiggly way up and over yet more mountains and down down down to the livley little town of Takaka and in to Pohara in Golden Bay, on the north western side of Abel Tasman National Park – a lovely beachside site and a chance to enjoy a break in ...

well we got there quite late. Decided to go play mini golf after watching my super ex girlfriend - what a great movie. Golf course was closed. Went for food - think we were both edgy- being a hippie commune the food was never ordered....too stoned. Sorry ...

... Abel Tasman, and the men of his vessels in 1642. They were attacked by local Maori, Ngati Tumatakokiri, in their canoes and Tasman lost four men clashing with them in Mohua (Golden Bay). Tasman, unusually forbearing, left without setting foot on the ...

... we joked to ourselves about it being a long way to go just to find a public toilet! Back we went, all 12 kilometres, to Golden Bay where we finally stopped on the road next to Golden Bay. Having had very little sleep, we woke up early to a very grey ...

... to Ships Cove. Lots of history here. English explorer James Cook, stayed here 5 times during the 1800's, that's pretty historical for New Zealand! The walk was fairly hard going but the yummy fish and chips at the end made it extra worth while. Via ...

The last few days we we stayed on the northern tip of the south island at a place called Golden Bay. We stayed at a wonderful Buddhist backpackers retreat called Shambhala. This place is paradise. It sits on 10 acres that overlooks the bay. It is ...

... I almost gave up until we met someone coming the other way who assured us we didn't have so far to go!! We also went right up Golden Bay to Pakawau Holiday Park right on the beach - so a swim in the sea was a must, although a little chilly!! Fri 30th ...

... not take the tour as it seems to be just like Fraser Island where we will be touring in Oz. Check out a campsite at Parapara called Golden Bay Holiday Park. It is a great site right on a sandy beach and we get a site that backs onto that beach. Spend the ...