New Zealand
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Day 365 – One year anniversary!
We check out and head over to Sisterfields Hamilton for a couple of coffee and morning bun deals and cross the road to find Victoria On The River To kickstart our day, we ride in the car to Taitua Arboretum Upon arriving, we’re welcomed by a flock of chickens and ducks as well as a…
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Day 364 – Hibernating in Hamilton
Feeling a bit poorly, we don’t get up to much today We pop out to go collect some lunch from Domino’s A butter chicken pizza, a supreme chicken pizza – both “extra large” – some wedges and cheese stuffed bread (see featured image) In the eve, we pop out to Thai House Express Spicy fried…
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Day 363 – 356 kilometre drive
It’s an early morning as the room we’re staying in needed for work! However, we’re treated to some lovely bacon sandwiches, coffee and OJ We shower, pack up and walk to Russell Wharf to catch a ferry back to Paihia where we pick up a couple of coffees before getting on the road Today, we’ve…
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Day 362 – “Sweet penguin (soup)”
We’re up to have some brekky and check out by 10 am; we drop off some of our luggage back to the car and just take stuff for one night, as we’re leaving it here for the night Walking towards the sea, we pop into Mövenpick which has a coffee offer on to include a…
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Day 361 – Spring showers
We have our coffee and porridge to wake up before we organise ourselves to check out The weather’s a little rubbish today and even suggests risk of thunderstorms We drive to McDonald’s to get our second breakfast ???? Then, we go to PAK’n’SAVE to pick up some cold and flu medicine and other bits for…
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Day 360 – To the tip top
We have some coffee and porridge in bed before getting up and out today Sadly, we missed the McDonald’s breakfast by just 30 seconds – we’ll get it tomorrow instead – so we just grab a couple flat whites before popping to PAK’n’SAVE for some lunch supplies They have a fuel station so we go…
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Day 359 – Navigating the Northlands
Wake up to a coffee and sausage baps cooked on the bbq, this time watching the wilderness as we eat them outside Packed up, we head off to Whangarei to pick up supplies from PAK’n’SAVE Next, we ride about an hour from the east coast to the west, stopping at Dargaville We stroll down the…
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Day 358 – We’re going on a kiwi hunt
Up around 8:30am and we get straight to breakfast: sausage butties ???? The place we’re staying in uses a water tank so we make sure to have brief showers before heading out for the day First stop is to Whangarei Falls – it’s within a park with various walking paths and we choose to do…
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Day 357 – Back to exploring!
We’re up sort of early attempting to make use of all the supplies we have before exiting the apartment; this means we get a mix of chips and toast for brekkie ???? It’s a 10am check out and we pop by Mango Espresso Bar before getting to Sky City to get the SkyDrive bus to…
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Day 356 – Mount Eden
In hunt of lunch to start our day out of the apartment, we decide to walk to a waterside area we haven’t visited yet North Wharf, in Wynyard Quarter, is home to a few restaurant cafés as well as Auckland Fish Market It doesn’t serve us many food options but it’s a nice place There’s…