Blogs from Cape Reinga, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
i was out of range but the fish fell for the bait ?????????????????????
Published: April 15th 2012Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
April 15th 2012
Out of cell phone signal and back to simple living, wow out of this world guys, the water was so clear i could see my feet, reflection of course ha ha, seriously i have been treat so well and had some great oppurtuinities i cannot , and will not grumble, no more VM (if you get it your cleverer than i) came up far north as a guest and had a wonderful welcome and great company, the fishing is just out of this world, the peace and quiet is so spritual and calming, i missed not speaking to my family alot, but i did not miss the cell phone one bit, my trip is getting better, Ta ta for now Sam x... read more
Wedding Anniversary Trip Out
Published: March 4th 2012Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
March 4th 2012
We have just spent a memorable 40th Anniversary on all day trip to Cape Reinga (top 0f NZ) highlights included 90 mile beach ride with a beached whale. Sand surfing and a picnic lunch beside the pacific ocean.... read more
New Zealand / Australia Trip
Published: March 4th 2012Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
March 3rd 2012
2/29/2012 Trampers 5(including Margaret) are planning a road trip to Cape Reinga, the northern tip of the North Island. Margaret arranged a guided bus trip. To begin the trip, we drove from Margaret’s house in Manganoui to Kauri Kingdom, a tourist depot in Awanui. There we met our driver, Senny, a native Maori, with Sand Safaris. Senny had a great sense of humor. Gifted with a singing voice, he serenaded us with Maori songs as we drove along. We hadn’t driven far when Senny announced we would be leaving the state highway, and taking the beach road, known as 90 Mile Beach. (Note: this beach is actually ONLY 60 miles long but the Kiwis have a THINK BIG psyche …… little brother syndrome in the shadow of the Australians). Motor vehicles are allowed to ... read more
Mt Manganaui, Cooper's Beach and Cape Reinga
Published: January 22nd 2012Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
January 19th 2012
Drove to Cape Rienga......most northerly point.......this where the Tasman Sea meets the South Pacific Ocean! Great scenery......drove back down the coast to the huge sand dunes.......then went for a surf on 90 mile beach...stayed in Kaitaia overnite in the Northerner............ read more
Hitch Hiking in New Zealand
Published: January 2nd 2012Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
January 2nd 2012
Our hitch hiking experience to Cape Reinga was only possible thanks to a local school bus driver and his wife, who picked up around 10 people in a bus and drove us 40km towards Cape Reinga. They even picked up a kid with a rat tail. -sean... read more
Northland
Published: December 21st 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
December 12th 2011
12/1/2010 Josh dropped me off at the airport in Atlanta. 12/1/2011 I picked Josh up at the airport in Auckland. Headed staight north to the very tip of New Zealand to Cape Reinga. Did a little hike and camped out on the beach. Then slowly started heading south. Worked our way to Auckland and went to meeting there. Stayed with some friends we made at the hall and monday went to the bethel. We got put in a tour group with the New Zealand sign language group. After bethel we headed to the hot water beaches on the Coromandel peninsula. You dig a hole in the sand and it fills up with hot water. Then on to Tauranga for the night then on to Gisborne where we caught tuesday meeting. Then worked our way back to ... read more
Auckland and the far north
Published: November 25th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
November 24th 2011
We arrived in NZ OK after a long flight via Hong Kong. We picked up the campervan OK and settled quickly into our new beachside home in Takapuna, as recommended by Marys relative David. He lives just round the corner from the site and we spent a few days with him and Sue and Jonny as they very kindly showed us some of the sites of Auckland and surrounding area. After 5 days we headed north and drove through the Kauri forests and saw quite a few of these enormous and very old trees. We also stayed at a very nice regional park site as recommended by Dave and here we saw some very impressive Pohutukawa trees just turning red with flowers. We stayed at a small site in the Trounsen national park and here we ... read more
Sandboarding at Te Paki
Published: September 28th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
September 21st 2011
I had so much fun sandboarding in Te Paki! It is hard work and you have to scale the huge sand dunes in order to sandboard down and scaling sand dunes is exhausting as each step you take, your foot just sinks deep into the soft sand. It takes a long time to get to the top, more like 2 steps forward, 1 step backward sort of cx... read more
Cape Reinga and the Far North
Published: September 26th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
September 20th 2011
Lie Wei and I finished work at around 3-ish pm on Monday and since weather forecast was going to be good on Tuesday, we (including her sis and Jie Min) decided to head to Cape Reinga, which is almost the most northen-most point in the North Island. The actual most northen point is actually Surville Cliff but Cape Reinga is probably more famous because it is the most scenic. It is about 280+ km north of Whangarei. Cape Reinga is a very sacred place to the Maori people. It is believed that the spirits of the dead travel to Cape Reinga on their journey to the afterlife to leap off the headland and climb the roots of the 800 year old Pohutukawa tree and descend to the underworld to return to their traditional homeland of Hawaiiki-a-nui, ... read more
Fahrt zum Cap Reinga / Te Paki Sanddünen
Published: August 6th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Northland » Cape Reinga
August 6th 2011
Die Fahrt zum Cap Reinga führte uns heute zum äußersten Zipfel im Norden Neuseelands. Nach einer alten Legende der Maoris, sollen die Seelen der Verstorbenen entlang des Ninety Mile Beachs bis zum Cap Reinga wandern. Dort wartet ein Geist auf die Seelen und überführt diese in das sagenumwobene Hawaiki. An diesem Cap treffen die türkise Tasman Sea und der blaue Pazifik aufeinander. Dies führte zu tollen Farbspielen, die wir vom Leuchtturm aus betrachten konnten. Auf einer kleinen Wanderung zum Strand der Tasman Sea, konnten wir noch die gewaltigen Wellen beobachten und noch etwas verweilen. Der Rückweg führte uns noch zu den Sanddünen von Te Paki. Die Sanddünen können hier eine Höhe von bis zu 150m Meter erreichen. Zu Fuß machten wir uns auf den Weg und erklommen die Ersten kleinen Dünen. Vor uns türmten sich nun ... read more
