Woken up today by Jo going out to capture the sunrise. I stayed in bed a little longer before making us coffee and then going to see the sun just appearing over the horizon. As …
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Coromandel trip – Dickeys Flat – Day 2
Day 2 of our stay at Dickeys Flat and we plan to walk are least one of the walks we failed to complete yesterday The Karangahaki gorge walk is along the river, this goes to …
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Today on our road trip it’s a short drive to Dickeys Flat in the Karangahake gorge. Here there is tent camping on the grass area a d camper / caravan in the carpark. The last …
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We had an early today, the bus picked us up at 6.30 so that we could start walking by 7.30 The start was a gentle walk but that was not to be long lasting. The …
Continue readingCoromandel road trip – day 3 – Coromandel town and the bays nearby.
We have decided to stay in Coromandel town for a day or two as the campsites further north are full.
Continue readingCoromandelroad trip – day 2 – Tapu to Coromandel
Having freedom camped in Justin for the first time, we are now continuing our road trip up the Coromandel coast to Coromandel town. To see what happens why not watch our video on youtube and …
Continue readingCoromandel road trip – day one.
Today we are starting a road trip to the Coromandel peninsula. Although we have been there before, this is our first trip away in Justin. To see how we get on please watch our video …
Continue readingMeet Justin, our new campervan.
Please don’t tell Keith but we have just been out and bought a new campervan. Well he’s new to us but Justin is a 2005 Ford Transit. To find out more about Justin watch our …
Continue readingBlueberry picking
Today we don our silly hats, to spend the morning blueberry picking at Ohaupo. To watch our antics please watch our video hehttps://youtu.be/7kQ8YJljoTwre
Continue readingTairua – a mini break
We’re off to visit our friends in Tairua. While there we climbed Mount Paku, took a walk around Tairua and the estuary. While we were in town Jacinda was also there, but we didn’t manage …
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