Visiting friends in Whaktane Whilst travelling through Eastern Europe last year we met Paul and Marie, an awesome Kiwi couple from Whakatane. Given that Whakatane is just a few kilometres down the road from Tauranga, we decided to go visit them today. We had lunch with Paul and […]
A gorgeous hike through Karangahake Gorge The Karangahake Gorge was formed by the Ohinemuri River carving its way through the Kaimai Ranges. This steep-sided canyon is about an hour inland from Tauranga and was our destination for today’s excursion. Far from the coastal splendour of the Bay […]
Plenty of beauty to be had in Tauranga We left the wilderness (and rain) of the Coromandel Peninsula behind today and drove down to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty. This part of New Zealand’s North island is awash with white beaches, surf and idyllic seaside holiday towns- […]
Rain, rain go away – come back some other day… Turns out New Zealand is having its wettest summer in a decade. *SIGH* What that meant for us today is we got wet. Very, very wet. Luckily we got to do a couple of hours of exploring around […]
Howdy from Hahei! Today’s weather was marginally better than yesterday’s so we took the opportunity to go exploring along the beaches of the Coromandel Peninsula. In particular we focussed our attentions on the beaches of Mercury Bay, using the tiny seaside village of Hahei as our base. We […]
Wandering Soles 