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First trip to Waiheke

This was our first trip to Waiheke Island. We decided to use the bikes to explore. Oli’s mate from work, Paolo (he’s from Argentina!), came along too. It was probably about 40 kms cylcling on the island.

We popped in to the Stonyride Vineyard to sample some of their excellent wine. While on the loo I learnt [...]

October 29th, 2006 | Category: beach, cycling, nz other | 2 comments

Wenderholm walk

Today we headed to a national park north-west of Auckland called
Wenderholm Park.
Even though it was quite a rainy day we really enjoyed the pretty park. The walk was short, starting at a historic house, up through the jungle and along the coast. There were heaps of beautiful native birds like the Kereru (wood-pigeon) and even a [...]

October 22nd, 2006 | Category: nz other, walks | Leave a comment

Te Henga Coastal Walkway

Today we did our first longer tramp along the Te Henga coast. We had typical NZ weather with bright hot sunshine changing to stormy horizontal rain every hour. The views were amazing and dramatic.

We started at Te Henga (Bethells beach) and walked all the way to Constable road (inland from Bartrum bay). It tood a good [...]

October 15th, 2006 | Category: nz other, walks | 2 comments

In the news

Sitting in the cafe this sunday afternoon with a coffee and newspaper, Imogen suddenly exclaimed “recognize the person in this picture?”

It’s me in the picture!
(sorry about the crinkley image, we got [...]

October 1st, 2006 | Category: auckland | Leave a comment