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Coromandel - Hot Water Beach

Day 9 - Thursday : Hot Water Beach and Whitianga You would have thought that by now, the chickens, ducks, cats and dogs would have...

Matamata - We're going on an adventure!!

For anyone who has never read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings or sat through Peter Jackson's 6 films, this post may not mean much.  But ...

Taupo - Part 2 : Adrenaline, Rain and Reorganisation

Day 14 - Tuesday As Hellene had to work all day, Lottie and I had made plans to visit Te Pui in Rotorua.  Trying to get my tongue around...

Taupo - Part 3 : Caving!!!

Day 16 - Thursday Today was caving day. The Waitomo caves appear on most of the “must do in the North Island”, lists and are famous for...

Wellington - Part 2 : Ninjas and Hobbits

Day 18 - Saturday. Despite the harbour view element of our “special weekend break” not quite living up to expectations, we had high...

Westport -Where has all the wildlife gone?

Day 18 - Sunday Arriving at the the Inter Island ferry port - felt a little surreal as it was almost identical to every other ferry port...

Hokitika. Pancakes, Jade and driftwood

Day 19 Monday Waking up on Cape Foulwind, it was, surprise surprise, raining again. We had planned to go back to the seal colony on our...

Day 2 Continued - Male to Bodufolhudhoo.

To recap - After a tempestuous and traumatic 24 hours of travel, I was now standing on the dock outside Male airport watching the boat...

Day 9 - We found Nemo and snorkelling without fins!

As much as I adore snorkelling, there is only so much you can say about it without sending everyone into a catatonic state, so I have a...

Day 10 - Where have all the photos gone?

Having finally got to grips with the Go Pro, the previous day, I was quite excited to try it out on a different reef, which meant another...

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