Te Paki mosaic From here you can see three major elements in the mosaic of Te Paki’s landscape – hills, dunes and wetlands. The hills…

The bay that has an appettite for glasses. Last time we were here, Emsi lost his favorite (and only) pair of glasses in the smashing…

After we have been to the South and East Cape we felt that the North was still missing (West lies somewhere in the wilderness of…

Technically, it’s a little town along the Doubtless Bay with many holiday homes and little tourists. This post is just on a short evening walk,…

There are many bays on the Karikari Peninsula, but the land around them is mostly owned and the roads closed. So even the “4-metres at…

A beach with a name of a carribean cocktail? That can’t be wrong :)  One of the most beautiful spots far north.

The Bay of Islands is just what the name suggests: A big bay with many little, rugged islands that shade the coastal area from high…

A little town with nothing special to see … or is there? We thought it was very quiet. Until. That historic steam train came by…

Detour to Mangawhai Heads and Waipu – it’s said to be a white sand beach. Today it was brown, but lovely anyway.  

Auckland was overwhelming. All the cars, houses, grey asphalt covered streets, people everywhere, a big range of sounds of different annoyment grades. Almost lost sight…