With the little one’s increasing dislike of long drives and consistently wet weather, we go back South. We’re coming home!  

Getting up early to get the most out of the day. Many charging, walking and eating breaks make the driving more enjoyable. Passing Taumarunui, Raurimu,…

From Thames, we drive to Waitomo and then Te Kuiti. One is famous for their glowworm cave, the other is the sheep shearing capital.

The third day in Whitianga started cloudy, so it was easier to say good-bye to this great motel at the beach. Our way leads to…

Tiki touring to Opito Bay (via Wharekao, Kuaotuno, Otama Beach) and back.

From Pauanui we headed to Hahei yesterday for some walking, today our goal is to see more beaches and to reach in Whitianga early for…

The islands of the Hauraki Gulf and the Coromandel Peninsula were likely places of first landfall for Polynesian migrants around 1250–1300 CE. In 1964, a…

Stayed in Pauanui and went up Coromandel Coast for a day trip to Hahei.

Mt Paku in Tairua is a volcanic peak rising up between the southern end of Tairua Beach and the Tairua harbour mouth.  7-8 million years…

South of Whangamata, a road winds up the rural Wentworth Valley to a hidden DOC campground. Hard to imagine that this area once was a…