New Zealand - A Feast of Varied Natural Beauty for the Eyes
Our six week self driving tour of New Zealand took us from the northern part of the North Island to a circular route around the South Island. While there was a lot of getting up and moving to the next really inspirational walk, hike, sight, it was so worth it. In this blog I will add a few photos from the places we visited in the order of our itinerary. I will also intersperse a few categories of interest. NORTHLANDS Visiting friends on the Bay of Islands was the most tropical climate of our trip. Some stands of now protected Kuri trees (like Redwoods) and amazing coastal views, welcomed us to the heart of Maori settlements. SNELLS BEACH TO ACKLAND Do you think Ackland gets a lot of rain! Fairy houses all along Snells Beach COROMANDEL PENINSULA It's a good thing that we had an amazing time exploring this peninsula before it was hit hard by two internationally reported storms after we left. More fairy houses! ROTORUA If you like the sulphur smells both out of town and a...