http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , New Zealand , North Island , Bay of Plenty en-us Sun, 26 May 2013 05:56:00 +0000 Sun, 26 May 2013 05:56:00 +0000 Like Mount Fujiyama and the River Avon New Zealands Mount Maunganui has a tautological name it literally means Mount Big Mountain. Officially its supposed to be called Mauao but no one can say that so everyone just calls it The Mount.Its not much of a mountain really more a big hill. Its quite pretty sitting there at the end of the peninsula overlooking Tauranga harbour on one http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Mount-Maunganui/blog-786728.html April April das Wetter macht was es will und es wird eben mal kein Herbst in diesem Jahr So.Dieses Ostern sind wir sehr frh aufgestanden. Naja ich und Tim jedenfalls ... Mama war im Bett bis um 10 Uhr Ungefhr um 10.30 Uhr hat Mama die Osternester versteckt. Ich hab geguckt und geguckt aber ich habe das Nest nicht gefunden. Ich hab fast aufgegeben und dann habe ich hinters Haus geguckt u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-779927.html When I was a kid back in Britain we used to visit Sherwood Forest.Yes Sherwood Forest the remnants of Robin Hoods mystical domain a symbol of romantic English woodland.Except it wasnt that great.There are nicer examples of English woodland though patches of green seem few and far between in England especially now now I know New Zealand and its native bush. Its often said th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Karangahake-Gorge/blog-779331.html Offizieller Herbstanfang nur der Herbst weiss es noch nicht die Sonne strahlt seit Wochen vom porzelanblauen Himmel und die Tiefsttemperaturen fallen Nachts schon mal auf 18 Grad...Dieses Wochenende war Mama39s Geburtstag... hip hip horay Wir gingen zum Waimarino Abenteuerpark. Dort gab viele Wasseraktivitten wie einen Blob ein riesiges Luftkissen im Wasser wo einer an einem End http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-773898.html immernoch Sommer.HURRAA Es is immernoch Sommer und wir haben schon viele coole Dinge gemacht.Am Samstag um 10 Uhr sind wir zum Lasertag gegangen... Es hatte eine ganz coole Arena das in einem Stck Wald gelegen war. Die Pistolen waren auch nicht normal weil die zu dir gesprochen haben Immer wenn du einen anderen triffst sagt deine Pistole ltTREFFERgt und du bekommst einen Punkt. Wenn je http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-771341.html We left the beaurtiful lakes around Taupo on Tues morning 29th Jan and headed North towards Tauranga. We stopped half way at a nice little camp site with a pool and only 48 per night for a little caravan with a well equipped shared kitchen etc and got all of our laundry done.The next morning we made our way to Rich and Vicki39s lovely house just outside Tauranga in some unpronouncable town http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-769346.html 31.1.2013 Had a fun dinner with our usual mob last night Had a fairly early night as we had to be up fairly early for our tour out of Tauranga to Rotarua. Being on late sitting for dinner 8p.m.it is 10.00 10.30 before you know it. Ten of us on our tour of Tauranga to Rotarua 6 Germans from St Albanks and us 4 they were a friendly bunch and our tour guide Dennis looked after us all very we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/blog-768926.html Had to be done lovely magical Maketu just had to go back again it39s not the most beautiful beach I have seen but the whole place has such a great atmosphere it39s like something from the sixties everything is very laid back relaxed and frankly wonderful. It39s difficult to explain really but the place just has a really lovely feel to it. Only managed to stay for one night but my ca http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/blog-768368.html Nun ja das alte Jahr verabschiedet sich sehr nass nicht mit Bubbles im Glas sondern in fadenfrmiger Form vom Himmel. Nachdem wir vier Tage im Nieselwetter gecampt haben unterbrochen einmal von vier Stunden Sonnenschein am Nachmittag und nun auch noch Gewitter und Sturm vorhergesagt wurde haben wir kurzerhand die Notbremse gezogen und sind nach Hause gefahren waren ja auch nur zwei Stunden http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-764365.html Hello everyone I just wanted to say happy New Year to you all. I hope you are having a lovely christmas break.We are in New Zealand now. We picked up a campervan in Auckland about 10 days ago and are travelling around the North Island. So far we have visited the Northland 90 Mile Beach Puketti Forest the Bay of Islands The Coromandel Peninsular and now we are in the Bay of Plenty. New Zealand http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-763925.html Yesterday spent the day exploring Maketu it39s on the coast approx 45minutes by car from Rotorua. Its about the size of a small village there is what looks like a small creek behind the beach on one of the beaches on the other side is a gorgeous long beach. I walked down there and when I got to the beach there were about thirty people ointo and the beach just went on and on lovely. Walked http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/blog-761375.html I had a very long day yesterday. Caught the 8am ferry from Picton to Wellington. I have been trying to fit in a walk everyday so when I got to Wellington I drove to Belmont Regional Park to fit in a walk. When I got there I was absolutely knackered so decided to have a nap. When I took my boots off my foot was quite red and swollen so I was a bit worried that the infection from my insect bites ha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/blog-760794.html Was fr ein stressiger Dezemberanfang gleich der erste Advent Weihnachtsdeko aufstellen und auch noch Geburtstag feiern. Da Linus39 Geburstag auf einen Montag fllt gibt39s nur einen kleinen Kuchen und die Geschenke die Feier wird verlegt auf39s Wochenende......an dieser Stelle sollte eigentlich Linus39 kleiner schriftlicher Beitrag erscheinen ber seine Feier und sein Geburt http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-760012.html The Bay of Plenty is on the Pacific 4 hours east of Auckland.About 100000 pop. Very upscale area and the largest harborafter Auckland. We ave done a lot of walks and bush hikessince arriving last thur. Hiked up mt Maunganui 70039Walked around its base 1 hour. Did some beaches. Didthe fish and chips thing. Monday we will venture up the Cormandelpeninsula for a few days.here are a few images fro http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/blog-754752.html Fruehling ist irgendwie ausgefallen... Sommer Sommer Sommer http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-754737.html Auf die Plaetze fertig Fruehling http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-748162.html ...ach wer spricht da von Fruehling Sommer wir wollen Sommer jetzt und sofortOder feiern wir erst mal Geburtstag Jawohl Tim39s double digit endlich zwei Zahlen Tim konnte natuerlich schon in den letzten Naechten nicht schlafen und am Abend vorher gibt er klare Anweisung Also ich werde schon ganz frueh aufwachen und Ihr muesst Euch anstrengen dass Ihr noch vor mir wach seid damit http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Tauranga/blog-741809.html I got up early again so I could pack before heading up the coast to Mount Maunganui to meet Lauren Wade for lunch and stay with her parents that evening. The weather today was glorious which always seems to be the case when I am driving luckily this time it was only just over an hour away Before I left Terry had a call from the dog pound saying Oz had been picked up the night before so we went a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Mount-Maunganui/blog-740660.html Today the weather was absolutely disgusting Torrential rain welcomed me as I woke up early so me and Terry could gte on with the day It was really annoying as the day before had been soo lovely and would have been perfect for Terry to take me out on his boat but he had to work at the farm. Terry made us a great breakfast of bacon and eggs and I put some of my clothese into wash whilst we would http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Te-Kaha/blog-740657.html Today I drove up through the wooded valleys of the North Island past Lake Taupo up to Whakatane in the Bay of Islands. Wood is a massive export of New Zealand so as I was driving up through the forests I noticed how there were large swathes of area with trees at different stages of growth. Some area was totally barren having recently been harvested but the rest ranged from a sampling up to ful http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Bay-of-Plenty/Whakatane/blog-740656.html