Blogs from Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

In a few words David and I flew into Auckland, NZ got a van fitted with a bed in the back which is going to be our home for the next few moths...and now we are driving tru the North Island. Ck some photos here but most of the photos of our adventure and travel tips are being posted (Internet and weather permiting) onto www.timezonetraveller.com Please ck us out there and leave us comments so we know the time we spend uploading is worth a while....we love reading them. Thanxs for following... read more

One sunny Sunday we headed out to the beach at Mount Maunganui with our American friends Jess and Matt for a barbecque. We had seen other beach side barbecques along the way and they were all coin operated, so we were pleasantly surprised when we got to the beach and discovered they were free. That's right all that beach and free barbecques, they make being a beach bum pretty easy on you at the Mount. We watched one of the first cruise ships of the season sail out of port and enjoyed the sun, while it lasted. It was a beautiful afternoon at the beach and when we got back the German's and Chilean's were having a sort of farewell barbecque which the manager of our hostel joined in on. Four of the guys were heading ... read more

Mount Maunganui We drove down from Whitianga to Mount Maunganui pretty much on a whim. Turns out this is a major vacation spot for Aucklanders and this was the first long weekend of summer known as Labour Day. We had to get another backpackers membership which ended up paying for itself quickly but still, that's three now. Along the way we checked out Waihi, a giant open pit gold mine in the town itself, you can just go walk along the top. We checked out a lookout that afforded a view of the whole Bay of Plenty and went and checked out the beach at Mount Maunganui. The beach here is big on scale we haven't dealt with before and there is a lot of beautiful scenery and huge beach houses along the strip. Reminded us ... read more

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In den letzten paar Tagen ist ziemlich viel passiert. Flo, Réne und Bighead sind zurück nach Deutschland geflogen und ich habe mich dafür entschieden noch ein paar Tage in Taurange zu bleiben, weil die Windvorhersage für die nächsten Tage exzellent war und Aaron mich netterweise noch ein paar Tage bei sich wohnen lässt. Der erste Tag ohne die Jungs war sehr windreich und ich bin direkt zum Fergusson Park um meinen Kite aufzubauen und aufs Wasser zu gehen. Glücklicherweise habe ich auch noch Bekannte von Flo & Rene getroffen, die mir meinen Kite gestartet haben und ein Auge auf mich hatten. Ich hatte eine ziemlich gute Session, bis der Wind plötzlich extrem zugenommen hat un ich maßlos überpowert war. Ich bin aus dem Wasser und wollte an Land um meinen Kite zu landen, hatt aber Schwierigkeiten ... read more