Among the Ranges of Waitakere
It was difficult to leave the peace and tranquility of the Moehau community (not to mention the delicious meals), but with the first of June just around the corner we […]
Tag Archives: Beach
Fun on the Coromandel: Part 2
Heading north from the ever-so popular Cathedral Cove, we found ourselves on the Otama Peninsula at the deserted Otama Beach just in time to see the sun sinking into the […]
Fun on the Coromandel: Part 1
On our way to the ever-popular Coromandel Region we made a pit stop at the Karangahake (karanga-hah-key) Gorge – a naturally beautiful gorge made more interesting by the relics, tunnels, […]
B.O.P.
After our smelly but enjoyable pit-stop in Rotorua we journeyed on to the beautiful Bay of Plenty region. The B.O.P. encompasses 259 kilometers (161 miles) of sunny and warm coastline […]
The Painted Skies of Mahia
Heading northeast from Wellington we made our first stop at Castlepoint. Castlepoint is located on the Wairarapa coast and is one of the most spectacular sites in the region. Hiking […]
A Great Walk in the Abel Tasman
Our two month tour of NZ’s South Island culminated with a four-day hike through one the country’s most picturesque national parks: Abel Tasman. Although Abel Tasman is the smallest of […]
NZ’s Golden Bay
We arrived in Nelson, the South Island’s most northern city, just in time for Cyclone Ita to strike! Having heard very little on the severity of the storm we assumed […]
Starfish and Pancakes in Westland
The first major town north of “Glacier Country” is Hokitika (hoe-ka-tick-a). We passed through the town on a famous Westland (aka S. Island west coast) ‘grey drizzly day’ and thought […]
Happy Mother’s Day!
It doesn’t seem possible, but tomorrow marks three months of WOLOing in the free-world! In keeping with our “monthiversary” theme of out-of-the-ordinary posts, this month we have decided to celebrate […]
The Deep South
Once you’ve made the 6,000 kilometer trip to the deep south of the South Island there is little to hold you back from finding the most southern point on the […]
