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Out and about in Rotorua and surroundings
Published: September 17th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua
September 17th 2011
After quite a long time I finally got back to the blog! Been trying to organise things for my travels and just didn’t have the time to come here and keep you all updated on what’s happening in my little corner of the world. Soon my brother’s gonna come over and we’ll be touring NZ for a month and then I’m off to South Africa for another month. But before I leave this country I still want to post pics from the last few times I’ve been out and about... At first, one from my last walk to the lake front here in Rotorua – not really a special day by all means but I still got some nice shots. And last week, me and my new flatmate Stefan went out to the Redwoods for a ... read more
Taking the least direct route south
Published: September 10th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua
September 10th 2011
I have neglected the blog this past week- I apologize. So here's the summary: Monday- we FINALLY left Auckland and took a bus east and then a bus north to arrive in the small town of Whitianga (Maori lesson: Wh="F" sound). From there we made our way to the even smaller town of Matarangi, where we stayed with a natural medicne student named Scott, who fed us a very generous, healthy dinner upon arrival. Tuesday- we headed back into town to catch a ferry across the inlet and walked along the white cliffs for a few hours. We also made a stop at the Hot Water Beach, but to our dissappointment it was high tide. To make up for this, we visited the Lost Spring thermal spa- a bit of a splurge but so deserved after ... read more
September 4th 2011
Also gut, mal wieder Neuigkeiten vom schoensten (unserem) Ende der Welt. Man moege mir vergeben, dass ich den Juli und August sozusagen ausgelassen habe (und auch mit dem Hochladen unserer Deutschlandurlaubsfotos recht lang gebraucht habe, ich sag nur "dial-up") - jetzt gehts regelmaessig weiter. War ja auch ziemliches Regenwetter in den letzten Monaten hier und da ist eh nicht viel passiert. Seit ein paar Tagen jedoch wird es spuerbar waermer, die Voegel hopsen wie verrueckt auf den noch kahlen Zweigen herum und es ist merklich lauter hier mit all dem Gezwitscher und Fruehlingsgetue. Richtig, Tim's Geburtstag. War heute. Begonnen hat der Rummel aber schon gestern. In diesem Jahr hat Tim nur seine allerbeste Freundin Alex eingeladen (vorsichtig nicht "Freundinfreundin", da wird er sauer) und weil seine anderen Kumpels in der Schule grad zicken, hat er die ... read more
North Island - Wellington, East Cape and Rotorua
Published: September 2nd 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua
September 1st 2011
Prepare to be drowning in blogs over the next few days as I have a lot to write about before we head to Fiji on Monday. We had a normal ferry crossing to the North Island - a little rough in places. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be with all the bad weather we had been hearing about - we worried that the ferry would even go. The captain of the ferry came along to talk to some people and he said it was the first time he had seen snow on the mountains in the North Island for 25 years. We could see the mountains from the window. The ferry drops you off right in the heart of Wellington, we were excited to finally be in NZ's capital city. I really ... read more
July 24th 2011
Hello! So this weekend we went to Rotorua from Friday till Saturday. We got a coach really early on Friday and arrived at about 12. We spent all of Friday afternoon in the natural hot springs that are heated by a volcano and that overlook Rotorua Lake! There were different pools with different temperatures, and some inside some outside. We stayed until it got dark, then went and had a lovely curry and James got a student discount with his never-expiring student card-- not fair! Then we planned to have a nap and then go out on the town, but instead we slept from 8pm to 7am--- hot springs are tiring! On Saturday we went to the Rainbow Springs park which has all the local animals so we saw lots of rainbow trout and Keas (dont ... read more
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Rotorua - Thermal Wonderland
Published: September 3rd 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua
July 10th 2011
Hallo ihr daheim, wie angekündigt haben wir gestern unser Raumwunder in Auckland abgeholt und sind Richtung Süden gefahren. Unser Camper lässt keine Wünsche offen ob beim schlafen essen oder fahren. Unsere erste Station war der Supermarkt in dem wir nur gesundes Essen eingekauft haben, hier ein kleiner Einblick: -10 Kg Kartoffel - 2Kg Karotten -5 Kg Reis -Und leider nur weises Brot, da es in neuseeland kein schwarzes gibt. Danach haben wir uns auf den Weg nach Rotoura gemacht, dass berühmt für seine Geothermalquellen, Schwefelkrater und Matschtümpel ist. Als erstes aber haben wir ausgiebig den Rainbow Forestpark besucht, in dem es unter anderem das neuseeländische Wappentier den Kiwi zu bestaunen gab. Auch die Pflanzenwelt und verschiedene Vogelarten wie der Kea und Reptillien und Fische durften wir bestaunen. Danach gings zum Actionhighlight des Tages, das ZORBEN!!!!... read more
A short tour to too many sites too quickly
Published: June 20th 2011Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » RotoruaJune 19th 2011
We jumped on the plane at about 1900 after running around doing all the normal things you do in Perth, like order Asian food, catch up with Ashlea, go to Rochelle's work and buy a new camera for Noddy. After all the shopping it was off to pick up the Bradfield so he could look after Greenbeard for us whilst we wwere away. Of course the plane was delayed due to the plane being delayed.... sensible really! By the time we were on board Rochelle was almost through complaining about the plane being late, not too bad an outcome. Then onboard at 1930 to a pleasant Air New Zealand flight with a few wines and not enough sleep. Landed in Auckland at about 0630 (with about two hours sleep) and jumped off to try and get ... read more
May 20th 2011
NZ Days 17, 18 & 19 Well it has been a few days since I last wrote.....I have been far too traumatised to speak, let alone write. Day 17- Wed dawned well enough- sun was even shining; tho it was a wee bit nippy- bloody cold actually! So once we had emptied out & refilled with water etc we stood in the sun to defrost & chatted to Neil & Elaine (from NSW) whilst we waited for the time to pass. Eventually we were off & lined up with all the others waiting to board vessels- was a little bit hairy getting on, but Raymond reminded me that they drove semi’s on, so there should be plenty of room for me! Once we had parked (in gear with the hand brake on) it was off upstairs ... read more
