NZ has thausands of shades of green. I took the following photographs on a hike just within a radius of a few hundred meters.
Diving at Poor Knights Islands :-)
I am spending about 2 weeks to see the area north of Auckland right now. For one week I was traveling with Aelita, an Estonian-German girl from hamburg. We met in Auckland at a couchsurfing meeting and I offered her a ride up north. Since we had about the same ideas and plans, we spent […]
Opening a bank account You’ll need an ID (passport) and a proof of address. This can also be a hotel or youth hostel receipt (even if you just stay there for a night! doesn’t make sense, I know…) – or a letter from your landlord, stating that you live at his/her place. Applying for a […]
First of all: there seem to be no goats at Goat Island. We went there for the fish :-) Goat Island is a marine reserve located 90 km north of Auckland near Leigh. Is basically is not more than a big rock about 50 meters off shore. The small channel between the mainland and the […]
Jacobs Depot – the starting point of the Waitekere Ranges rain forest express – is located about 40km west of Auckland (5 km from Titigrangi village). Initially build to ensure the maintenance of pipes for the water supply of auckland the narrow train (if I say narrow, i MEAN narrow….) goes through the heart of […]