Hawera, New Zealand

Blimey O'Reily.... Doesn't time whiz by when you're having a grand old time, eh? Ohmigod, I've gone native! I really didn't realise quite how long it has been since we last spoke (kinda), now you can all see what kind of ungrateful son I am and ...

... monuments there and in Waverley. Mt Taranaki (aka Egmont) appeared and disappeared unpredictably as I drove up the coast. I stopped at Hawera because it should be in range for Taranaki tomorrow if the weather is good, but also has a couple of historic ...

Hi everyone   Hawera is not particularly exciting. Nice, quiet, suburb with a rather impressive water tower that was once closed but re-opened in 2004. It's main attraction though is Mount Egmont. Which is why we headed this way. (David: Just look ...

... to stay in this small town so stuck my thumb out again and got picked up by Barry, a fellow tramper. He was heading to Hawera, a long way past Wanganui which is where i was stopping for the night. By the time we'd got to Wanganui, he'd convinced me that ...