Tairua, New Zealand

Rolled into sleepy little Tairua which is shadowed by the tree laden Paku. We checked into The Flying Dutchman Backpacker which was quite quiet, lucky for me. Relaxed a bit as I felt I might be coming down with something. Infact, I had one of the best ...

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From Auckland, we headed to Tairua (in the Coromandel) to attend the world-reknowned "International Wine and Food Festival". Don't worry: no-one else had heard of it either. It was very much akin to a school fete, or perhaps Leamington Peace Festival, if ...

... and now I am back. Might even watch this netball that the whole country seems obsessed about... This is my last night in New Zealand (noooooooooo) so next time you hear from me I will will be in the bright, brash City of Angels, Los Angeles. Assuming I ...

... found the roads incredibly easy to navigate:) We left late as we had to stock up on supplies and also petrol. We got to Tairua about 5-6pm, it was really grey and raining and the carpark was literally on a beach..... We checked that the signs didnt forbid ...