• in the beginning there was...
  • preamble & bye to Savary
  • off I go
  • day 1 in Auckland
  • bye Auckland - hi Paihia & Russell
  • beautiful Russel, Bay of Islands
  • people, scenery, and me
  • time for a haircut
  • in the Coromandel now
  • Coromandel Town day #2
  • 309 Road - Castle Rock, Waiau Falls
  • the Kauri Forest, down to Whitianga
  • a day of beaches, rain and endangered species
  • a green summer in the countryside
  • Omanu Beach - Bay of Plenty
  • Mount Maunganui - climb another mountain
  • a picnic and a tramp
  • Katikati - murals and kids
  • Ohope Beach
  • Classic car ride and a volcano
  • another mountain tramp
  • towards Gisborne City
  • grounded freighter in Gisborne
  • kids' self-portraits, and Maiori culture
  • Napier #1
  • Napier #2
  • Rotarua
  • Rotarua #2
  • home

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    • I needed to still include the pictures from the Kauri Forest from yesterday. These are native trees that are now protected. Some of the trees in this forest were 800 years old

    I left the Green House and Coromandel today. Gwyneth and me visited every beach on the coast down it seems. There is one perfect beach after the other. Beautiful, quaint beach towns. Our destination was Whitianga where Gwyneth has a bach, (New Zealand for cottage).

    Because it is the long weekend in New Zealand everything in town is booked solid. I can stay with Gwyneth for two days and head on towards Tairua and beyond.

    Pictured to your right: clockwise:

    • 3 Kauri trees
    • Estelle, of the Green House, and Gwyneth at breakfast
    • me running on the beach at Whangapoua
    • here is Gwyneth's bach, on the river leading to the sea in Whitianga.