New Zealand: Cape Brett
Things start to go wrong with another severe weather warning. The plan was to hit Spirits Bay. The road in is supposedly treacherous at the best of times, but especially […]
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New Zealand: The Whangārei Coast
I left Auckland wondering how hard I was going to find readjusting to hashtag van life after a few days of living indoors. Four nights it turns out, was not […]
New Zealand: Back To Auckland
I’d spent the night in Kaiaua. Almost in the exact same spot I’d been in when the lockdown was announced. I’ve completed my first circuit but I’m nowhere close to […]
New Zealand: Tramping in the Kamai-Mamaku Forest Park
I left Pike and Kelly with instructions to visit the Coromandel Coastal Walkway and the hope I’d run into them again somewhere down the road. I was going to another […]
New Zealand: The Coromandel Coastal Walkway
I’d spent the morning in Whitihanga’s library, using the free wifi, hiding from rain that still hadn’t arrived. Annoyed I’d wasted dry hours, restless, I went for a run around […]
New Zealand: Cathedral Cove
The rain in Waihi signalled the beginning of the end, only the end of the good weather though. I was now on a mission, to see as much as I […]
New Zealand: Sulphur and Snow
I’d made up my mind, I was driving inland. I finally left Whakatane. The promise of hot pools and hiking trails pushed me towards Rotorua. I turned away from the coast […]
New Zealand: Weather Warnings for Whakatane
I had one day and one walk. Amber weather warnings were popping up over all potential destinations. I left Island View Holiday Park before 9am. I was in Ōhope with […]
New Zealand: The Waioeka Gorge
State Highway 35 wriggles along the coastal hills. There are multiple slips on the road. Some are little more than a handful of pebbles, others cover a whole lane. Gaps […]
New Zealand: The East Cape
After the Rocket Lab launch I returned to Gisborne. A light had appeared on my dashboard that I hadn’t seen before. Having driven brand new, high performance vehicles for the […]
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