van wyk journeys
My travel and photographic blog
+22, sunny with periodic clouds, light winds. We have completed our tour of the northern part of the North Island and are starting to explore the central part of the island. Today we are heading to Coromandel with very few stops along the way. This will be more of a dialogue of things that occurred …
+24, sunny light winds On to south of Auckland via Muriwai Beach, a quick stop at Beesonline (okay they are now closed, so lunch in the car instead as there is no MacDonald’s close by), and then onto Piha Beach to close the interesting part of the drive. Muriwai Beach gannet colony (birds with 6-foot …
Still +26 and mostly clear. To reach our destination we must travel through the Waipoua Forest driving on winding roads with dense tropical forests on both sides. We stop at the oldest Kauri tree in the world. Take in the Kauri Museum and arrive at our destination a B&B called The Matakohe House. The Waipoua …
Still +26 and mostly clear. We continue our southward journey towards Opononi, boarding a ferry for a short portage to continue the drive to our destination, encountering roosters and goats along the way. The highlights of this leg had to be the wild roosters and the grass-eating goats once at the hotel. First the roosters, we …