Because we stayed at The J Taitokerau, we got the opportunity to go with Mark (the owner of the J Taitokerau) to visit Ian’s garden. Ian is a local guy, 81 years old, who has an absolutely magnificent garden. Here…
The Feeding of the Lambs
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…
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…
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…