Visiting farms and feeding baby sheep in New Zealand. One of the best parts of staying here at The J Taitokerau is how much we’ve been welcomed by Mark and Nessy Jackson into their home and their lives. Our new…
Tutukaka – Ocean’s Hotel
I’ll save talking much about Tutukaka for a later post, as we plan to return to Tutukaka so that we can dive the Poor Knight’s Islands. The Poor Knight’s Islands are reportedly one of the top 10 diving spots in…
Accommodation: Northland, New Zealand for 90 Mile Beach and Cape Reinga
90 Mile Beach and Cape Reinga Accommodation: Northland, New Zealand Our plan was to visit 90 mile beach and Cape Reinga, stay for 1 night somewhere in Northland, New Zealand, and head back to Auckland to stay with our friends…
Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga (ree-ayn-guh) is not (as I previously thought) the northern most point in New Zealand. However, because it’s the most visited north point of New Zealand, most people, at the outset of their bus tours up to the cape…
New Zealand Crayfish
New Zealand Crayfish Crayfishing is big business in New Zealand. With crayfish fetching as much as USD$35 per pound, it’s easy to see why. On our second day of floundering around (catching flounder direct from the ocean), Carrie and I…
Sand sledding on 90 Mile Beach
Just in from 90 mile beach are some sand hills where you can go sand sledding. Hardly anyone makes it down the hill on the sled. It’s an almost vertical face you’re sledding down, and pretty difficult to keep the…
90 Mile Beach
90 Mile Beach is exactly what it sounds like, except that it’s not really 90 miles long… It’s something like 76 Miles long. But someone called it 90 Mile Beach, and the name stuck. 80 years ago, 90 Mile Beach…
Paihia’s Beautiful Beaches
Between Tutukaka and Paihia (Pye-hee-ah) are some beautiful beaches. We would tell you where they are, but then you would go and visit them, and then they would become overcrowded. Just kidding. It’s hard to imagine any of New Zealand…
The view from Kawhia
Trying to decide where to stay for our last night with the campervan from Pacific Horizons, we spotted Kawhia on the map. It’s out on the west coast of New Zealand, and looked to be somewhat close to Auckland. Kawhia…
Seals are like Squirrels
Getting personal with New Zealand Fur Seals near Kaikoura, New Zealand.