van wyk journeys
My travel and photographic blog
+18 Cloudy, light winds, terrible weather. Okay, maybe not terrible not but we were lucky on this trip as the area of Coromandel continues to see rain and lots of water as does Auckland and points north. Napier is an art deco village and a neat stopover. Napier was almost totally destroyed in the 1931 earthquake, …
+19 light winds but the day started cool and we needed fleece and long pants. The road today leads to Taupo home of the New Zealand Ironman which occurred just two days earlier. Out of dozens of commercial tourist things to do today, we chose one that was less touristy than the rest such as The …
+22C light winds good weather continue. Today our journey takes us to Rotorua about 194 km south of Waihi. This section of the drive is known as the thermal explorer highway and does not have any stops along the way. On arrival in Rotorua, we decide to check out Kuirau thermal park in town and not …
Also +22 Sunny light winds. Leaving Coromandel on our way to Waihi, we stopped at an outlook for an outstanding view back towards Coromandel. We also stopped at Hot Water Beach and attempted to find Cathedral Cove then ended the day at the Martha Gold Mine in Waihi. Once again we started our drive on some …