The Russell Hotel

... the Collector of Customs in 1870.  This huge tree survived the fire that destroyed the third Duke of Marlborough Hotel. So after a relaxing morning in Russell we jumped back on the Ferry (this time the FAST one) and made it back to Paihia in record ...

... visit. Enjoyed a walk along the pier and had to buy a new memory card for the camera! It is lovely to be back in Russell, New Zealand’s first capital in 1840, and central to the Bay of Islands area. We’ve had some heavy showers but it cleared ...

... de las 150 islas que conforman la bahia de las islas en Northaland. Es un viaje en ferry de solo 15 minutos desde Pahia. Russell es unos de los sitios mas antiguos de NZ, ya que fue la primer capital del pais por 1840. Luego la capital se ...

... seeing any whales in Kaikoura!! So now I'm going to load up some photos, and then head off to wander some more around Russell. Tomorrow I have a long drive back to the airport, and then on to Fiji for four days of doing nothing. I've been stocking up ...

... .  Lunch and a few photos taken, I was on the road again, this time to Opua to get the vehicle ferry over to Russell, my destination for the night.  Russell is a very pretty place, and very historic too.  It was the first permanent European settlement ...

... in the stunning Bay of islands region.  Spectacular drive up and we checked into the old colonial hotel, Duke of Marlborough - right on the waterfront overlooking Russell Bay. We met up with Ali and Graeme's son Jonno and his wife Julie for ...

... in 1836. It is located well back from what use to be the seedy waterfront area of the town. Further to the abandonment of Russell’s violent and seedy past is the fact that it’s now home to one of the world’s most expensive ...

... Mt. Eden - $37 Russell ATM ($700NZ) - $535 Fuel Russell - $53 Waterfront Café Russell - $26 Waterfront Café Russell - $19 Hasden's Paihia - $16 Fuel Auckland - $46 Jet Park Hotel Auckland Airport $81 Pie Face Sydney Airport $8 $6872 total     ...

... in was ich mich da hinein manoeveriert habe. Wir werden sehen. Da er noch auf der Suche nach Darstellern ist (in Russell...), kann es gut sein, dass schlichtweg nichts geschieht.Allzu traurig ware ich darueber nicht. Amuesant ist die Option, welche ich ...

... across the sea from Paihia via ferry. Russell used to be home to nothing but whalers and whores, but now it’s considered Romantic Russell. And I see why it gets this name, the town is positively gorgeous, and as far as I saw, Whore and Whaler Free. ...

... of the South Pacific'. Not my words, more the words of Charles Darwin when he visited NZ's first capital city in 1835. Russell was the home then of Sailors, Prostitutes, Pimps and escaped convicts from Australia and was a town of bars and brothels. ...

Well it's been a while! Well we're both alive and well and our work continues in Russell, saving saving saving! Since arriving in Russell the pace of life has slowed down somewhat and we've had little time for adventures since most of our time has ...

... first was a trip to Paihia for the first time. It's the town across the water on the 'real mainland' (the road into russell is a twisty joke that nobody takes). Just the boat trip across the water and the fact that we were leaving Russell felt wonderful! ...

... hat mittlerweile eine unglaubliche Menge an polishing liquids eingekauft, was mir meinem schoenen mythos und den zeitvertreib "suchen nach der sagenumwobenen fluessigkeit" verborben hat. Bald bin ich 21. In Russell. But could be worse, could be ...

... haben sich geschaeftige Perioden mit den weniger geschaftigen abgeloest. Gerade leide ich unter Arbeitsmangel und der Erkenntniss, dass Russell, ohne reiche Freunde und Urlaubsschein mehr als oed und graueslich ist. So ist das mit den Touristenstaedten ...

Feb 13th – Go to the Russell bakery and get some fresh buns and make up a picnic lunch for our day on the water. Onto the Cream Boat at 9:30 (it holds 120 people on 4 decks and is about 75% full and the day trip costs $106 plus $30 to swim with ...

... arriving back in Auckland. After another quick visit to see our friends Baker and Heidi it was back to the airport and the Jet Park hotel and homeward bound! Bye bye New Zealand – what a top place and trip! Not too many new birds to add for the ...