Blogs from Coromandel, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 31

As we travelled down the east side of the Coromandal, we stopped off at one or 2 tourist spots for a look. It is the holiday season here for New Zealanders, so some places are a bit like honeypots, and we didn't stay too long. They are still beautiful!!! ... read more

A glorious morning as the weather men promised, so I set off across the ferry to explore the headland the other side of the river. Alex stayed in town a bit and mooched round (lots of steps for the pedometer!). Firstly I walked to whitianga rocks, an old pa site, with lovely views of the estuary and some hidden bays. Then for some reason I decided on the steep and difficult route through the bush over the headland, and it was steep, but managable. Again, wonderful views. On the other side were several lovely beaches, so I sat in the shade of a tree and ate my lunch, wishing I'd brought my swimmers. It was so hot, a change of plan was called for. So I didn't walk to the end of the next headland, but ... read more

HELLO!!!!!!!! Its been a while i know, but we've had such a busy time that the internet was the last thing on our minds. Im dreading writing this blog entry as we've done so much in the week or so since xmas. we have been sent lots of pics of you all, and you all look so healthy and it is so strange seeing you all. we miss all our friends and family so much and the pics make us smile. Keep them coming. So glad to hear that all of the christmas celebrations went so well and that you all had a good new year together down the Elm. xxxxxx Our christmas present from Trudie was a meal in the revolving restaurant up the sky tower in Auckland. The day was lovely, and the meal ... read more

DATE VISITED: 24,25,26 (ISH) DECEMBER After spending half a day purchasing a decent 3 man dome tent from Auckland we proceeded south to a little peninsula known as the Coromandel south east of Auckland (North north east New Zealand) . We were prepared to see loads of Kiwi's here as most of them head this way for their Christmas break. We were right! We decided after a few budget-reviews on our finances that it would be worth camping some nights as it is so much cheaper - we would pay back our tent in a week, and then after that it would just be savings after savings :) Our first stop was in Thames which like many towns around here are all built on a central through-fare lined with shops and cafes. There was a nice ... read more

23.11.07 Finally the day especially Eskil had been looking forward to arrived. We were going to pick up our camper today. Everybody was a bit excited to see what our home for the next 5 weeks would look like. After a long and thorough introduction to all the technicalities we finally were allowed inside the van. It looked really nice with a lot of luxuries such as tv, dvd, microwave etc. Drove off towards Coromandel Peninsula and Hahei Beach. We started with some beginner difficulties and while driving everything in the kitchen made an enormous noise because we hadn’t packed things properly. Originally we had planned to go directly to Rotorua but we had decided to see a bit of Coromandel first. The road was very, very winding and Paul had a challenge in getting used ... read more