Blogs from Golden Bay, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Golden Bay is de ganse streek vanaf Takaka tot en met Farewell Spit. Als je kijkt in de reisgidsen zal je alle kleine gehuchten ertussen niet zien staan, het staat allemaal onder Golden Bay. Vanuit Takaka gingen we richting Collingwood. Wij hadden daar nog wat brood en fruit gekocht. 's Avonds was het redelijk moeilijk om een slaapplek te vinden. Geen DOC campings, geen gewone campings, geen huizen in de omtrek en geen asfaltwegen. Een goeie 40 km gravel! Ik kwam zot in de auto van het heen en weer geslinger. Net alsof we in een jeep zaten. We besloten op een parking te staan van een wandeling. Een tip die we gekregen hadden van de Zweed (de reisjournalist). Hij zei: maak dat je net weg bent vooraleer ze komen controleren. Gelukkig hadden we die ochtend ... read more

Heute morgen haben wir erst mal die Wainui Falls besichtigt. Der Weg dorthin ist ein wunderschöner Wanderweg, der uns quer durch den Dschungel geführt hat. Auch eine schmale Hängebrücke müssten wir überqueren, bevor wir am Ziel angelangt waren. Es war nicht der höchste Wasserfall, den wir bisher in Neuseeland gesehen haben, aber einer von den schönsten. Der Wasserfall war von dichtem Dschungel umgeben und das Wasser war glasklar. Auch das Wetter spielte heute wieder mit und wir hatten morgens schon wieder angehnehme Temperaturen. Anschließend gings zu den Waikoropupu Springs. Es ist die größte Süßwasserquelle in Neuseeland und die klarste auf der Welt. Jede Sekunde strömen rund 14.000 Liter Wasser aus der Quelle. Man konnte bis zum Grund der Quelle schauen, obwohl diese ca. 7 Meter tief war. Ein wahrhaft schöner Anblick. Unsere Reise ging weiter an ... read more

So, here we are sitting in our car at our campsite at the base of Mt. Cook hiding from the rain, finishing the last of a bottle of Cab. Sauv., eating TimTams, and trying to think of something interesting to write for our blog. We’re getting a bit behind since New Zealand doesn’t have much for free Wifi. Seems that the only place that you can get free internet is McDonalds, and sadly there aren’t many of those either. We’ve been super busy lately and time is going by so fast. You would think that 3 months would be lots of time for New Zealand, but there’s just so much to see. From Abel Tasman, we headed north to Golden Bay and treated ourselves to a nice motel for a night. It was just what we ... read more

Feeding eels and a salmon named Fred. On the way back to Takaka we stopped and picked up our first hitch hikers as they didn’t seem too weird (6 minute abs!!!), they were both girls and one a chatty Swedish girl and the other a quiet (for a change) American girl. After dropping them off at some random guy’s house (who they’d never met but someone had recommended they stay with) we found our spot on the freedom camp, which was under a bridge and started cooking our dinner. Feeling a bit like the troll from “The three Billy goats gruff” in our camping spot we enjoyed an evening of “people watching”, all of which were new age hippies and youngsters trying to suck petrol out of their cars tanks (without success but plenty of coughing ... read more

Well getting the bus back from Motueka to Old McDonalds Farm we saw goats and sheep and pigs and..... no!!!! we met up with a friendly chap Simon whom we had met on the Queen Charlotte Track. He's from Manchester and was kind of stuck with the weird Kiwi backpacker bus connections so we offered for him to join us on a tour of Golden Bay. First stop was Collingwood, the only thing I can remember about this weird old school place is that is near the farewell spit and had something to do with gold. I think everywhere in NZ has something to do with gold!! Therefore after admiring some linoneum artwork I decided that all are is too expensive and I cam going to do my own with that bit of lino off the ... read more