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The Big Auckland – Final Chapter – Parnell and The Bays

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Ross

Life quietened down with my two children headed back way down South. We stayed on at Ambury Farm Park in Mangere Bridge for a few more days, catching up with things. Wyn spotted something about a French theme street day … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Episode 6 – Farewells

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Ross

After our big day out to the Auckland Art Gallery, we were all relatively exhausted. Our visitors from way down south had to head back home, so we’d probably done enough. Next morning there was packing up to be done. … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Round 5 – The Art of Auckland

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Ross

With our visitors from way down south having an interest in art, it seemed that a visit to at least one gallery was a must. And if just one gallery then why not the biggest and best, the Auckland Art … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Installment 4 – The North Shore

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Ross

The day after our day of to Piha we did nothing more strenuous than move north. Over the big Auckland Harbour bridge and up to the top end of the North Shore. Long Bay is the location of the Long … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Take 3 – Out West

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Ross

We figured that a visit to Auckland should not be complete without a visit to a beach out on the west coast. So we headed off out west with our visitors from way down south. It wasn’t a blue-sky sort … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Act 2 – Downtown

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Ross

  With the weather staying fine, we decided to head downtown with our visitors from way down south. We worked out where we could park without needing another mortgage. (In fact, parking fees downtown seem to be less expensive than … Continue reading →

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The Big Auckland – Part One

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Ross

She’s a big place Auckland. The Herald newspaper last weekend made reference to it already having one third of New Zealand’s population (link). The current population is almost 1.5 million, and projected to reach 2 million inside 15 years from … Continue reading →

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Return to Ray’s Rest Reserve (and Kaiaua)

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Ross

From Thames we headed west and then north – up the other side of the Firth of Thames. Not far past Miranda we parked up on the Ray’s Rest road reserve beside the sea. It is all shell beds and … Continue reading →

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Old Haunts – Thames Revisited

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Ross

We headed north-east from the Bay of Plenty, stopping at Thames to visit Wyn’s friend there. We both have connections with Thames. I was born there, and so was Wyn’s Mum (probably) and her uncle (definitely). My family moved to … Continue reading →

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Omokoroa Part 2

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Ross

Just when I thought we were away from the Bay of Plenty, I remembered one more day – our last. We were still at Omokoroa, just north of Tauranga. It was a lovely calm dawn and there’s nothing more lovely … Continue reading →

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Boosting the Mount Economy

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Ross

Being back in the Bay of Plenty was nice. It was time for catching up with family and friends, and time for catching up with Tauranga – where we’ve probably spent more time than anywhere else since we’ve been on … Continue reading →

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Taupo To Tirau To Tauranga

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Ross

The next morning was bleak and cold. We had a walk around the block at the Taupo airport before finally heading on north. The new bypass means we can bypass Taupo so we did. Wyn did some more driving which … Continue reading →

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Marton Mooching and Then Northwards

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Ross

After our Wairarapa week, we stayed put in Marton for almost another week. We were at Wyn’s brother’s house and he has a great place for us to park up. I managed to hurt my back the first morning we … Continue reading →

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Out of the Wairarapa

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Ross

It was a good thing we’d made the most of the afternoon when we arrived a Castle Point, as the next morning wasn’t up to much. It was time to leave the east coast and head west, to the west … Continue reading →

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To Castlepoint and Back

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Ross

After an interesting stay in Greytown, we finally moved our movable house, heading north up the Wairarapa. It wasn’t far to Masterton and from there we headed north-east towards the coast. It wasn’t much of a day with rain showers … Continue reading →

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