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

Now that I have got all the photos sorted from the previous blogs (sorry for any hassle, great blog site but it has the odd problem now and then!) I can keep going with this last blog. And include a couple of links for further info. Theres something about the last blog of a trip. It takes forever to write and publish. We're back at work now, busy catching up with what went on while we were away, getting the garden looking vaguely under control (doesnt help that its raining!)... So, anyway, back from where I left off last time... Friday 17th April 2009 Up early today. Not that we really woke up any earlier than usual, we were awake, and up, before the alarm went off, but we couldnt stay in bed for too long ... read more

Well after leaving Thornton - there are no other words to describe it - we just bum about for a while. We head south along the coast to a place called Ohiwa and on our first day there - guess what? It p*sses it down again. We're developing a custom for rainy days - if it's raining when we wake up, we tend to go to the nearest town for an all day breakfast. Good custom eh? As we were driving through Whakatane, we stop at a place called Javaman and I had a pancake stack with bacon, banana and maple syrup - I tell you what, it was delicious and bacon and banana work a treat! Anyway, we get to the new campsite and Paul decides to check out the beach and the TV room ... read more

Ohope Beach...bin jetzt seit drei naechten hier...WOOFEN mal anders...alles fuer nuesse...nix malochen... vorgestern angekommen in ohope beach...ein kleiner ferienort...nur eine strasse am strand entlang und hunderte von riesigen villas...bonzengegend hier... naja auf jeden fall hab ich die letzten tage in einem ehebett geschlafen nur fuer mich und jeden tag wie ein reicher fuerst hausiert...morgens lecker fruehstuecken, mittags lecker essen ud abends dann wein, bier, ein reichliches abendmahl und mit andrew quatschen...vorgestern warn wir am meer angeln und haben frischen fisch gefangen, natuerlich sofort abends im ofen gebacken mit kartoffeln und anderen leckern veggies verzehrt...gestern morgen war ich eine stunde am strand joggen und bin ein bisschen an den klippen gebouldert...en knaller..nachmittags bin ich dann mit dem andrew bodyboarden gegangen...andrew hatte natuerlich zwei b... read more

We planned to do a bit of a road trip when we got back to New Zealand, visiting our friends and family in Whangarei, Rotorua, Whakatane, Napier and Wellington. But when our old boss heard we were coming home early, he offered us a few weeks of relief work back at 1XX - being flat broke, we couldn't say no! So less than a week after returning to the country, we headed back to the marvellous Eastern Bay on Sunday afternoon. We're staying in the cute, cuddly, cosy 1XX cottage in Ohope and so far it's been really lovely to catch up with people and meet the new ones, plus have a look at what's changed in four months! Not much, really, a couple of shops, plus the fence at our old house has been repaired ... read more

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Richard and Rohani Big Overseas Experience European Extravaganza! OK well we haven't left yet but we're well prepared so we're sorting this whole online travel diary lark now. So keep an eye out from May 14th either through here or Facebook (yay for Web 2.0!) and we'll do our best to keep you updated on all our boring 'guess you had to be there' moments and photos! Lots of love Rich and Roho... read more