Blogs from Waitakere Ranges, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania

Working holiday New Zealand I'm planning going to new zealand before this end of year 2011. If anyone going to join me please feel free to contact me. I've apply the visa the get everything in pack. Once we got around 3-5 people join the scheme. We can arrange the departures time. I found some information here, anyone can visit the related website at : Working holiday New Zealand ... read more

Tuesday, April 13th We've decided to go have an adventure for the rest of the week and the weekend. Mel's cousin was coming to stay with them for a few weeks and even though we're staying in the Boesman on the driveway we felt it would get a little crowded. Besides, we've been yearning to go do something, so it suits us just fine. We tried to go for a jog, but Talita's knee was acting up, so we just had a brisk walk. Then Ferdi gave the Boesman a thorough cleaning, both inside and out. With the Boesman sparkling (as much as it's possible for a rough road warrior like him to sparkle) we got the new and improved Birdsy out the garage for a photo shoot in the autumn leaves before loading her on ... read more

Following in Ed's Footsteps! As I was given a hard time by a few of you lately by the blog being dominated by overseas trips I'm adding this local walk... if you count a four day slog over the hilly Waitakere Ranges named after Kiwi mountaineering hero -Ed Hillary - a walk. Did I mention Fran was carrying a tent? This 70km trail is a collection of walking tracks, service tracks, and roads and was opened in January of this year. We were very lucky with the weather on our trip and this made the going a lot easier (this is a relative term). The track is described as steep, rutted, rooty and slippery - you may be up to your ankles in mud So we packed everything but the kitchen sink and carried our own ... read more

Well, I'm on my way and on my own. Two days ago I left the Boggs' house and struck out on my adventure. After a stop in Takapuna to get some maps and information (and a tape adapter so Carrie, my new car, would have some tunes) I headed back to Piha Beach where I knew there was a campsite where I could stay @ a gorgeous place. The drive was fine. I had to stop a couple of times to look at a map and once to ask for directions, but I got here. When I arrived the view was hazy but still beautiful. I parked the car and went down to the beach and started up Lion Rock. I had gotten up as far as one can go, had taken several pictures and was ... read more

cant believe already had a month here!!!!!!!!!!!! SUN - went to rangitoto island with fellow vols :) was brilliant, tis the most recent erupted volocano of them all in North Island. Was beautiful, massive Pohutakawa forest on the lava fields (some bits a lil like iceland), stunning weather aswell - little hellish though as we marched full speed to the summit (did an hours advised walk in 40 mins!!) dripping with sweat...lurvly :) worth it when we got to the top though :) amazing views of auckland and surrounding areas. knackered my hip doing this though...not so good, hardcore limping now :( ill put up the pics, hopfully today...but you know me, could be anytime!! team this week was me, kate, mike, katy, charlotte 18 belgium, nice but a tad odd, linda, philippa, peter, wanda and ... read more

I have to appologize for the list we made! That must have been a fun post to read, right Bobbi? When we had typed it up it was in columns and A LOT easier to understand. So, we had a column for the item, then a column for NZ and a column for the USA. So in the States a "fanny" is a butt, while here it means a female reproductive organ in more slang terms. Older generations here would be offended if I were talking about fanny packs. Haha, so no more lists until we can get the formatting right. We have even more pictures to add and probably won't be able to do it until we get to Waihi. Christoffel and Alison, the owners of the Burrowing Bullie, have invited us to tea (dinner) ... read more