Nach mittlerweile vier Nordinsel-Urlauben soll es diesmal mit der ganzen Family ans East Cape gehen. Diese extrem dünn besiedelte Region Neuseelands wird von den meisten…

After that very basic Te Araroa Camp we decided to have something special at Whakatane: One of the highest ranked Motels (on trip advisor)  around,…

Seriously? :D No, we won’t come back … later.

We left the Eastland faster than we intended to, having a date with a tyre company at Whakatane already organised. With an emergency tyre you’re…

There’s this NZ mineral website from where I printed out the locations of gemstone beaches – it has been a major fun factor in our…

Te Araroa is a tiny settlement with only one campground that offers sites, cabins and some motel rooms (which we chose). Despite the first good…

Another abandoned place … there’s even a historic walk that allows people to access the ruins of the former industrial wharf –  at your own…

The walkway near Tolaga Bay is a elegant walk up the cliffs and then on the rim down to the cove where Captain Cook first…

Going East! The road is getting narrower every hour and the bays make a rather deserted impression. Wharfs are long closed and rot away in…

A rainy Sunday in Gisborne is like … a rainy Sunday anywhere in NZ: Empty streets, crowded Shopping Centres. After a disapointment about a postponed…