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SarahPenney - Sarah Penney | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=319581] | 2008-09-05 01:55:32
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By SarahPenney
September 4th 2008
September 4th 2008
WOW arriving in NZ & My birthday
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Katikati
Lovin New Zealand. Declan & Geoff live on a 'Plantation' with a beautiful Avocado orchard. He has not changed a bit we arrived here on the nite before my birthday so we started on the champagne in true Declan style and brought in my birthday in at midnight. it was great craic. we were dancing around the pace until 2am. Martyn gave me a Tiffany Charm for my bracelet!! he bought it when we were in Singapore. LOVE it. on the day of my birthday we walked the plantation and picked some fruit then we went to the Waitomo caves where [View Full Entry]
By FrAnTiLi
August 30th 2008
August 30th 2008
August 2008
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga
Das glaub ich ja kaum - am vorletzten Augusttag fällt mir auf, dass wir ja noch gar keinen Eintrag im August hatten! Au Backe ist es schon so weit!? Nein wir haben nur mal wieder keine Zeit gefunden... Also dann was war alles los im August - es hat viel und ergiebig geregnet und gestürmt! Unsere kleine Papphütte hat ganz schön gewackelt und geknaxt. Aber es ist noch alles dran. Wenn's schön ist, sind wir immernoch draussen unterwegs nur grad nicht mehr wandern - ist einfach zu nass und matschig überall und zu unbeständig. Wir haben mal den Farmers Market in [View Full Entry]
FrAnTiLi - Babic.Hauck | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 39 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=317817] | 2008-08-30 07:57:49
By RossandHeather
August 29th 2008
August 29th 2008
Part 12 - New Zealand East
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Mount Maunganui
Hi All, Well, the tourist part of this blog is I'm afraid pretty much over as we settle down to the domestic tasks of finding a house to rent and car to buy. However, here's the final instalment in our journey round the North Island by campervan. The last blog left us in Rotorua, which though lovely was a bit stinky.. The luge is great fun though hehe.... And we did spend one night out of the stink nr Lake Tarawera - beautiful volcanic lake scenery. We also visited the buried village (http://www.buriedvillage.co.nz/) which gives the history of a devastating eruption [View Full Entry]
RossandHeather - Ross and Heather Roberts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=318397] | 2008-09-01 06:54:28
We did it! Nachdem unser Flugzeug in Hamburg noch ueber eine Stunde Verspaetung hatte, landeten wir in Auckland fast eine Stunde frueher als geplant. Die Stunde wurde jedoch schnell wieder eingeholt, waehrend wir versuchten den Neuseelaendern klar zu machen, dass wir keine schlimmen Bodenkrankheiten oder frisches Obst im Gepaeck dabei hatten. Nachdem auch das geschafft war fiel Merle die norwegische Landschaft ins Auge. Fuer Norwegen waere die Flugzeit von 22 Stunden jedoch um einiges zu lang gewesen. Als Stuart uns und seine Freundin Marie uns herzlich begruessten war klar, das [View Full Entry]
jume - Julian Merle | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=312358] | 2008-08-15 10:52:04
Ohope Beach
We went down to Whakatane for Uncle Lionel's funeral. We stayed at Ohope and saw the sun briefly for the first time in weeks.
Sandiz - Sandra Ade | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 14 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=307378] | 2008-08-02 08:56:31
By Helen and Denise
July 26th 2008
July 26th 2008
A brave few days!
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Whakatane
Day 4 Sorry no photos yet haven't been able to upload them. Today we woke up to sunshine and headed out to Hell's gate which is a natural thermal volcanic area. We walked round and saw all the bubbling mud, water and sulphur pools - it really smelt bad, rotten eggs!! Whilst there we indulged in a mud bath, the mud was from the thermal pools it was really soft and silky and we covered ourselves in it!! The lady then asked us to get out and follow her to the showers but what we didnt know was that they were [View Full Entry]
Helen and Denise - Helen and Denise | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=304879] | 2008-07-26 23:56:02
By JackLindsay
July 25th 2008
July 25th 2008
Day Sixty Six
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Katikati
Time flies! The days that Christoffel and Alison were down in Dunedin for his med school interview went well. Jack and I kept everything very organized, stayed busy with little projects and improvements around the place, and just enjoyed our time. We went out to Huntly a couple times to take care of their dogs, and attended a town tourism meeting to take notes for them and mingle. Big things are happening in Waihi! Well, no, not really. Not yet. People are coming together for the first time to develop strategies on how to not only attract tourists, but keep them [View Full Entry]
JackLindsay - Jack & Lindsay Zweber | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=304211] | 2008-07-25 05:48:54
By JackLindsay
July 17th 2008
July 17th 2008
Day Fifty Nine
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga
What have we been up to? Jack got a haircut! We have just been running business as usual, learning and taking on more responsibilities as we go. Christoffel and Alison still have their job share in Auckland: four days in the cafe, four days in the ambulance. They were able to rent out their house in Huntly, so new flooring and other odds and ends have been taking up their days lately. Bit by bit, they are moving into the flat upstairs, but we still don't have the fence built for the dogs. That will have to happen before Jack and [View Full Entry]
JackLindsay - Jack & Lindsay Zweber | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 37 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=300826] | 2008-07-17 05:35:59
Neuseeland mitten im Winter... letzte Nacht hatten wir immerhin -0.2 Grad! Das ist unglaublich kalt für unsere neuseeländischen Freunde hier. Naja klar wir sind kälteres Wetter gewohnt, aber ohne Heizung ist das ganz was anderes. Also wir haben schon Heizung - so ein kleines schnuckeliges Heizgerät für jedes Zimmer, aber die kann man schliesslich nicht dauernd laufen lassen. So wird der Kakao beim Frühstück bei 8 Grad Zimmertemperatur fast Lebenswichtig! Naja, der Sommer kommt bestimmt mal wieder... Uns geht es immernoch recht gut. Frank backt fleissig seine Pies und ich ärgere die Babys in m [View Full Entry]
FrAnTiLi - Babic.Hauck | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 32 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=296419] | 2008-07-07 09:26:56
By Poulu
June 27th 2008
June 27th 2008
Sports Review
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga
Being the sporty pair that we are, we have tried to keep up our training, ok we've failed but we can still rate our experiences: Best Tennis Court: Winner: Sheraton, Santiago, Chile (surface - hard and bouncy) Runner up: Heritage hotel, Pokeno, NZ (setting - in a vineyard!) Best Swimming Pool: Winner: Termes Cachueta, Mendoza, Argentina (33m, no chlorine, naturally hot from all the thermal springs) Runner up: Club international, Arequipa, Peru (50m, 50p entry, empty) Best Spectator Sport: Winner: ATP Tennis tour ( a great companion to us on this trip) Runner up: NZ vs England [View Full Entry]
Poulu - Louise Agran | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 1 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=292198] | 2008-06-29 02:37:18