Blogs from Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 12

Our first stop after setting off from the B&B with our motorhome was the supermarket to stock up on the essentials like beer and wine and of course the not so essentials like food. We headed out of Auckland travelling over to the east coast for our first stop at Waiwera, the campsite was a little basic but the location was stunning, we parked the motorhome right on the sea front with the sea just yards away. There were hot water pools nearby and we went for a walk along the sea front, it was quite cold but the sand under our feet was warm. We spotted a couple of unusual birds on the shore amongst a group of oyster catchers and then found an area marked off to the public on the dunes with signs ... read more

Hi all, finally hit New Zealand, added a map to show you how far travelled so far N.B did not stop at all the pin points! Had to put them on to follow the roads! Picked up my campervan after my 13 hour flight and waiting two hours until the depot opened! Got it for six weeks while I tour both Islands. Campervan is a six speed diesel turbo Transit with shower, toilet, 3 ring gas hob, hot water, fridge, toaster, kettle, large double bed or as table and benches plus utensils etc, proper little home from home on wheels! Headed out of Auckland after stopping for food shopping and buying myself a guitar, need the practice, from "Bungalow Bills" a nice geordie fella! He said when i leave he guaranteed a resale price if i ... read more

A morning of picking up the van (much better than previous ones we think), getting some shopping in (only left a little in the supermarket for the locals) and trying to navigate out of Auckland with lousy maps (not too long and we did manage to avoid the toll road!). So we took the road north towards the Bay of Islands, stopping en route for a needed coffee in McDonalds to see if they have free WiFi here too ... unfortunately they don’t, so I’m not quite sure when we’re going to be able to upload our blogs - John is certain we’ll find somewhere, so fingers crossed! The upside is that we don’t have to seek out McDonalds while we’re in NZ!! First impressions of NZ: its very green and quite lush compared to Oz ... read more

Después de llegar a la punta empezamos a bajar sin rumbo pasamos por las ninety mile beach y seguimos viaje por la zona oeste. Llegamos a un pueblo fantasma que no tenia salida y no dijeron que nos habiamos pasado 20km, y descubrimos que para seguir viaje habia que subir si o si a un ferry, así que esperamos ahí y llegamos al camping de Opononi muy tarde y con lluvia. ... read more

Llegamos a la punta mas norte de NZ, en un día muuuy ventoso, pero la vista es inapagable tampoco nos vamos a extender mucho, ya que hay videos!! ... read more