November 24, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 20, Waitomo Caves It’s around 150 km from Tongariro to Waitomo and we spent a fair bit of the morning travelling. As we’re travelled around […]
November 23, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 19, Tongariro National Park It was not long into our journey today that we realized we had made a mistake. That mistake was that we had […]
November 23, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 18, Rotorua to Taupo A short drive this morning from Rotorua to Taupo. We were somewhat glad to check out of the Regent of Rotorua for […]
November 21, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 17, Rotorua Despite its guidebook reputation as one of the great places to visit in New Zealand, Rotorua is probably our biggest disappointment so […]
November 20, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 16, Kuaotunu Bay to Rotorua Another busy day. We had originally planned a month in New Zealand because we figured that it would be enough to get […]
November 19, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 15, Coromandel to Whitianga We had planned a slightly easy day today but it ended up being relatively hectic. We reluctantly departed Jacaranda Lodge shortly after 9:00 […]
November 18, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 14, Coromandel Coastal Walkway The Coromandel Coastal Walkway described here and here is a 10km walking track around the very top of the Coromandel peninsula. The […]
November 18, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 13, Auckland to Coromandel For the first time in our trip so far today was almost a complete wash out with heavy rain most of the […]
November 16, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 12, Paihia to Auckland Out last day in Chalet Romantica (which was very good – review on Trip Advisor) and after breakfast we started the day […]
November 15, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 11, Paihia to Cape Reinga On a “must see” tour of NZ, one of those must see sights is the lighthouse at Cape Reinga which sits on […]