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5 Must-Do Things in Napier, New Zealand

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 | By libby-k8 | Views [9537]

Napier , fondly referred to as Napesville by many of its younger inhabitants, is an almost 60,000-person town, is on the East Coast of the North Island. While it's not a big city, it has plenty of wineries, cafés, fruit, and Art Déco ... Read more >

Tags: #blogyourbackyard, art deco, art déco, art deco weekend, hawkes bay, napier, new zealand, tourism, what to do in napier, wineries

Able Tasman National Park

Mon, 19 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1853]

I drove back across the hills and winding roads through Takaka and on to the Able Tasman National Park this morning. The weather wasn't as nice as yesterday and I was driving through clouds at the top of the hill! On route I tried to find Hawkes Hole, ... Read more >

Tags: the great outdoors, walking

Witnessing Sodom

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1174]

Even from the small gravelly car park our souls were in peril. Whispy hands of white sulphorous gas ebbed at our feet like a scene from, "The Fog." Ominous clouds of white rose around our bodies. The playwright James Bernard Shaw named ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Well where have you been?

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1123]

It's been such a good month (or so) the weather has been terrific! There's been lots to do!! And the blog has waited... Firstly at the beginning of the month my very bestest friend feels like sister Maxine turned 50. As begets her birthdays now and ... Read more >

thoughts

Fri, 7 Nov 2014 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1032]

I had an experience twice in my life which was in essence the same thing - an object was left by one partner in a relationship in a place that annoyed the other. The object was left for some days with the one getting more and more annoyed and the other ... Read more >

Already into the second month of the year!

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [926]

First new news is that Corrin, my youngest daughter is to be married in March on the Gold Coast. After many hours trolling the websites we got some return tickets with Jetstar (they don't have the best name so will have our fingers crossed) for about ... Read more >

Facts about Toilets

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By reidy | Views [582] | Comments [1]

1 Toilet seats are a priviledge not a right 2 They occasionally have locks on them 3 You put your used toilet paper in a little basket beside the toilet mmm 4 They often have a yummy cinnamon smell, bit of a worry sitting on the toilet enjoying the ... Read more >

Hahei

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Views [451]

After a 4 hour ferry ride and a 14 hour bus ride to Auckland we have officially started our exploration of the north island. On first glance its pretty easy to be disheartened when you dont see an amazing view out of your window every 30 seconds, ... Read more >

Christmas adventure

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 | By thekiwireporter | Views [378]

The Christmas road trip/holiday was a jam-packed adventure so I will prepare you for a slightly lengthy story accompanied by a few of the 643 photos I took. After picking up Sonny our rental car, I found a package waiting for me from the ... Read more >

MIlford Sound

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 | By henrika_traveller | Views [367]

I don't particularly like "Must see lists" while I am travelling but I got a feeling I still wanna see Milford Sound and yes I was strongly adviced to see it by my host family. WHile I was working in Tauranga in the North Island, I came across ... Read more >

Cake, Kiwi hunting and a Rock n’ Rollin week

Sun, 9 Dec 2012 | By thekiwireporter | Views [316]

Monday started with the 1yr anniversary of the Emergency Disaster Management Team. As the photos prove we were asked to bring a slice (which means a dessert) and there was definitely a great spread! But before we could indulge in cake we got to ... Read more >

A tunnel behind the ferns

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry

A couple of hours south of Auckland, New Zealand, starts the Coromandel Peninsula: beautiful beaches, flourishing nature, history, tourists everywhere. In between the most famous Karangahake Gorge and the Pinnacles track, though, Broken Hills lay forgotten ... Read more >

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