Christmas Eve
It's Christmas Eve and my first real chance to update the blog in 5 days, so this is just a quick catch up message.
We loved Rotorua, and the smell (sulphur) we were warned about wasn't that bad really! While we were there we did the usual touristy things and went to Te Paiu a thermal reserve and saw a Maori Concert.
We also visited the Agrodome and Farm Park and saw a sheep show! Touristy we know, but it was great!
On our last night we stopped being tourists and became residents - and went to the cinema! Yes, we saw King Kong ! Bit disappointed that they only do salted popcorn and not sweet though!!
From Rotorua we travelled up to Coromandel Town onthe Coromandel Peninsular - what a lovely place it is too! Probably themost picturescque we've seen so far!
The major attraction here is the Driving Creek Railway and Pottery. A narrow guage train ride up the side of a mountain - originally built to allow the owner to mine clay and bring it back down the mountain for his pottery. Now a conservation area and the tourism helps pay for continuing this work. It takes about an hour roundtrip andthe views are breathtaking at the top - a building called the Eyefull Tower!
Our 1 day in Coromoandel ended all too soon and we were off to Auckland for our 2 last nights in North Island.
Well the traffic in Auckland makes London seem almost deserted! There are some nice parts to it, but you'd need more than a couple of days to find them! The bays over onthe North Shore were great though!
We ended our North Island Tour on a high note meeting up with Dan and Jo. We spent two great evenings with them both - family note - Jo is lovely! The NZ air (and Jo) must be doing Dan the world of good as he is happy and back to his old self again!
Yesterday (23rd), we flew back to Christhchurch in readiness for Christmas - we have 14 people at Christmas Dinner tomorrow - so we expect a quiet day! The day after Boxing Day we fly down to Queenstown, so the next update won't be for another 4 or 5 days or so!
Have a great Xmas everyone! See you all again soon!
We loved Rotorua, and the smell (sulphur) we were warned about wasn't that bad really! While we were there we did the usual touristy things and went to Te Paiu a thermal reserve and saw a Maori Concert.
We also visited the Agrodome and Farm Park and saw a sheep show! Touristy we know, but it was great!
On our last night we stopped being tourists and became residents - and went to the cinema! Yes, we saw King Kong ! Bit disappointed that they only do salted popcorn and not sweet though!!
From Rotorua we travelled up to Coromandel Town onthe Coromandel Peninsular - what a lovely place it is too! Probably themost picturescque we've seen so far!
The major attraction here is the Driving Creek Railway and Pottery. A narrow guage train ride up the side of a mountain - originally built to allow the owner to mine clay and bring it back down the mountain for his pottery. Now a conservation area and the tourism helps pay for continuing this work. It takes about an hour roundtrip andthe views are breathtaking at the top - a building called the Eyefull Tower!
Our 1 day in Coromoandel ended all too soon and we were off to Auckland for our 2 last nights in North Island.
Well the traffic in Auckland makes London seem almost deserted! There are some nice parts to it, but you'd need more than a couple of days to find them! The bays over onthe North Shore were great though!
We ended our North Island Tour on a high note meeting up with Dan and Jo. We spent two great evenings with them both - family note - Jo is lovely! The NZ air (and Jo) must be doing Dan the world of good as he is happy and back to his old self again!
Yesterday (23rd), we flew back to Christhchurch in readiness for Christmas - we have 14 people at Christmas Dinner tomorrow - so we expect a quiet day! The day after Boxing Day we fly down to Queenstown, so the next update won't be for another 4 or 5 days or so!
Have a great Xmas everyone! See you all again soon!
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