Tongariro National Park has to offer quite a few interesting hikes (or tramps as they say in New Zealand) and you get spectacular views of the surrounding area – at least on a good day. ;)
Kerosene Creek is a small river with little waterfalls and a temperature of about 40 degrees. It is located between Rotorua and Taupo near SH1 south of the turnoff of SH38 and north of Wai-O-Tapu. It’s pretty amazing to sit or slowly swim in the hot water, relaxing and feeling the pain of hiking all […]
Waiotapu is one of the many volcanic parks between Rotorora and Tapu. You have mud pools, hot springs, sulfor lakes, carbon terraces and volcanic vents all around. There’s also one geyser which errupts everyday punctually at 10:15am – with the help of a little organic soap… Kind of ridiculous…
Last weekend I met up with six Wellington CouchSurfers to go for a 3 day hike – the Tongariro Northern Circuit leading around Mt. Ngauruhoe (a picturesk vulcano in Tongariro National Park). We started out on Saturday from Whakapapa Village and went throu bush, forest and little canyons for creeks until we reached the Mangatepopo […]
…doesn’t really need words, does it? :-)
The New Zealand Traffic Agency is airing radio spots – during the normal commercial breaks – where they inform about future, ongoing and completed road constuction. Imagine Germany telling you in commercials about resurfacing the Autobahn or constructing new roads… Also thanking drivers for their patience… Really nice. :-) NZTA also runs a TV and […]
… fat free milk!
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 […]
Wednesday we organized a tour with some other CouchSurfers to Whakatane (Bay of Plenty) and booked a trip to Whakaari (White Island), which is New Zealands most active volcano. The island is located about 50km off shore of Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty. The boat ride takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to get […]
The carfair at Greenlane which is hold every sunday morning is a great opportunity to get your new car. There are hundreds of used cars in every shape and pricerange. I got my car last sunday! :-) The registration of the new owner can be done at every post office – so that’s no big […]
