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After our lengthy stay in Gisborne over new year we headed further south to our sixth stop near Napier, which was to be a much more fleeting visit. We stayed at a delightful little holiday park on the remote Waipatiki Beach, a little over 30 minutes drive from Napier itself. The park was called, quite, […]
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It’s now our last night in Gisborne (of 5) and it’s been really enjoyable – somewhat surprisingly so. We booked these 5 nights here months back as we thought we’d have trouble finding space at this time of year, but more recently we felt that 5 nights was probably going to be too many because […]
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As mentioned previously, we were originally going to stay in Rotorua for 5 nights and head up to Mount Maunganui in Tauranga for the day, but decided we may as well stay the night there as it looks so nice. As we drove into the town, we were not disappointed! We managed to book into […]
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Hello from Gisborne! Much has happened since our last post, so I’m going to fill in the blanks, starting with our time in Rotorua. If you read Hannah’s last post, you’ll know that we had a bit of a torrid couple of days to begin our stay in Rotorua, as we found out Hannah had […]
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We arrived in Rotorua, our third stop, quite late on Monday. I’ve been feeling really ill for over a week now, since before we left Auckland and the first morning in Rotorua pushed me over the edge! A freezing cold shower left me breathless and desperate for warmth… it was not a happy moment We […]
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Today we waved goodbye to The Coromandel as we embarked on the second leg of our journey, which would take us across country to the West Coast town of Raglan. But not before a quick stop for lunch in Paeroa, home of the ‘world famous in New Zealand’ L&P drink, which is actually rather taste. […]
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Hannah & Ste Bossing New Zealand
