Got up. Emptied the "black water" - uuurgh.
Good article on Mugabe in this weekend's New Zealand Herald - will post it later.
Drove up North through Auckland and followed the signs for a camp site at Red Beach, as we got near it, I pulled over to check where we were and managed to scrape a car and broke it's bumper! The 'victim' (at least 6 inches taller than me) was very good about my mishap.
Anyway, we drove to another campsite which was very nice, walked on the beach and took photos of kite surfers.
Had mung bean noodles with chicken for supper, very nice.
Jo-Ann
The camp site we stayed for the night was the Orewa Top 10, right on the beach and the view was fantastic, and the sunset was so beautiful and the nearly full moon was so bright.
Monday, 12 May 2008
Getting onto the Internet to Update the Blog
Sometimes it's difficult to get to the internet to update this blog.
Please bear with us.
Richard & Jo-Ann
Please bear with us.
Richard & Jo-Ann
19th April - Coromandel Pennisula
We decided to visit the Hot Water Beach on the East coast of the Coromandel Peninsula.
From Kopu, South of Thames, drove North East to Tairua on the East Coast.
The road seemed to climb for an eternity and we had to pull over a few times to let faster cars pass.
The last time I did this, when I pulled over after about 10 Kms, some idiot pulled up behind me and asked were I was from, when I said England, he proceeded to tell me to go back there and berated me for pulling over sooner.... Dumb .......
We stopped for sandwiches at Taurua and then on to Hot Water Beach on the Pacific Ocean. The beach has two fresh water springs heated to about 60 degrees F by a magma pool under the beach. You can dig a hot water spa at low tide. A pretty little village with a small river and beach and a couple ofvery nice houses on the river.
From HW beach, we went North to Witianga and turned West at Kuaotuni to Coromandel taking a few photos on the way. Loads of hills.
After Coromandel we travelled South along a narrow road with loads of twists and corners made for a slow drive back.
Jo-Ann
Found a few thing with my Mum, If she stopped talking she was enjoying herself (or asleep). So far so good we all seemed to get on. She also seemed to enjoy my cooking and comments on the way my rice was done - not easy without a rice cooker.
From Kopu, South of Thames, drove North East to Tairua on the East Coast.
The road seemed to climb for an eternity and we had to pull over a few times to let faster cars pass.
The last time I did this, when I pulled over after about 10 Kms, some idiot pulled up behind me and asked were I was from, when I said England, he proceeded to tell me to go back there and berated me for pulling over sooner.... Dumb .......
We stopped for sandwiches at Taurua and then on to Hot Water Beach on the Pacific Ocean. The beach has two fresh water springs heated to about 60 degrees F by a magma pool under the beach. You can dig a hot water spa at low tide. A pretty little village with a small river and beach and a couple ofvery nice houses on the river.
From HW beach, we went North to Witianga and turned West at Kuaotuni to Coromandel taking a few photos on the way. Loads of hills.
After Coromandel we travelled South along a narrow road with loads of twists and corners made for a slow drive back.
Jo-Ann
Found a few thing with my Mum, If she stopped talking she was enjoying herself (or asleep). So far so good we all seemed to get on. She also seemed to enjoy my cooking and comments on the way my rice was done - not easy without a rice cooker.
18th April - Auckland to Thames
Today we arrived in Auckland from Singapore.
The flight was ok, the seats in the 747 were narrower and closer together than the A380 but we all managed to sleep a bit.
NZ Immigration & Customs were great, lots of "Welcome to NZ" and "Enjoy your holiday".
We had to declare all food (Milo for Mum, rice biscuits for me) and my fishing rod, but no difficulties.
Got a SIM card from Vodaphone shop in the airport and called Wilderness for collections.
A very chirpy Amanda from Wilderness came and collected us and took us to their offices not far from the airport.
She shopwed us around the campervan, we unpacked and drove to the nearest supermarket to stock up and then drove to the campsite just North of Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula about 2 hours drive from the airport.
Dicksons Holiday Park is small. Some old caravans (one with a wooden bedroom attached!) and some chalets. The facilities were good and clean and there was a well equipped kitchen.
We connected to the electricity and everything, bar the microwave, worked great.
The park has a butterfly and orchid carden, which we didn't visit.
The flight was ok, the seats in the 747 were narrower and closer together than the A380 but we all managed to sleep a bit.
NZ Immigration & Customs were great, lots of "Welcome to NZ" and "Enjoy your holiday".
We had to declare all food (Milo for Mum, rice biscuits for me) and my fishing rod, but no difficulties.
Got a SIM card from Vodaphone shop in the airport and called Wilderness for collections.
A very chirpy Amanda from Wilderness came and collected us and took us to their offices not far from the airport.
She shopwed us around the campervan, we unpacked and drove to the nearest supermarket to stock up and then drove to the campsite just North of Thames on the Coromandel Peninsula about 2 hours drive from the airport.
Dicksons Holiday Park is small. Some old caravans (one with a wooden bedroom attached!) and some chalets. The facilities were good and clean and there was a well equipped kitchen.
We connected to the electricity and everything, bar the microwave, worked great.
The park has a butterfly and orchid carden, which we didn't visit.
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