• 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

  • credits, etceteras, thank yous, & disclaimer
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  • This weekend is a national holiday and it is the last weekend of the summer. The kids go back to school on January 29th - after their summer vacations. So because I am in vacation country it was difficult to find accommodations on the beaches.

    So inland towards farm country and Coroglen Lodge. Spacious, clean and on a farm with sheep, bulls, cows. The fridge is stocked with orange juice, fruit, yogurt, Wendy bakes fresh bread every day.

    Elton the bull roars a lot cause there is another bull in a nearby field. Other than that, this is tranquility personified.

    Pictured to your right: clockwise:

    • sheep
    • a weird phone booth down the road. the phone didnt work
    • sheep,
    • sheep
    • a bull, maybe a cow, I didnt look..its not Elton cause he is browner
    • countryscape
    • countryscape