Travelogues Whangarei

Compared to my usual habits, I sleep in today. So I only have breakfast at 8:30 am. The wind is blowing strong and there is really nothing that draws me to the road. I have to...

Who fell for it? I couldn't resist and confessed something similar to my parents on that Sunday morning - sorry. But it was worth it :) The resolution will come a bit later, but...

With a heavy heart, we said goodbye to "Whangarei" and began our journey back to "Auckland". It's hard to believe that we only have ten days left until we move out of our...

Breakfast on the beach, Whangārei Falls and Freedom Camping

26.08.19 - Alex Happy Birthday to me. Wir starten den Tag mit einem Gang zu den Höhlen (Waipu Caves), die sich direkt neben dem Stellplatz befinden. Wir luschern kurz hinein und...

After just one night, we left the campsite in Whangarei and decided to stay in an Airbnb accommodation for the next four days. On 21/11/2017, we set up our room on the hills of...

.....well, we did both ^^ Yesterday, on my insistence, we drove to Abbey Caves. Paddy was still not entirely thrilled about crawling through narrow caves just to see some...

After visiting the Quarry Gardens in Whangarei, we visited the site of a decisive battle and a place that was Hundertwasser's chosen home. In summery temperatures, we strolled...

In the past two weeks, we have seen a lot of things that we need to write about in multiple posts. For the past two weeks, we have not been at the campground in Russell....

Sieht aus wie in Bayern...

Hello everyone, Here I am again, another day has passed and the time together with Lina and me is coming to an end. We have exactly one more week together before it's time to...

ERGOS New Zealand Trip

From Auckland, we headed north to explore Northland. Our first destination was Whangarei, which is about 150 km north of Auckland. We found many useful tips for our trip on the...

The first night in our car is unfortunately only half comfortable...

After 33 hours of travel, we arrived in Auckland and picked up our mobile home for the next five weeks. We spent the first night in Whatipu, where there is a black beach and a...

We spent the last two nights at a holiday park, which was only 300m away from the Whangarei Falls. On the way there from Waipapakauri, we of course stopped at the supermarket to...

From the DOC site it was about 15 more on a gravel road to the caves of Waipu. One of the few 'sights' in New Zealand that is not commercialized. So I put on some warmer clothes...

Today Nik, Adam, Emeric, Cynthia, and I went to the Abbey Caves in Whangerei. The first cave was the best because of the glowworms (we had to turn off the flashlight for a few...

Entrance of the cave... It will get dark soon! Without a flashlight it is very dark, but the glow-worms (Arachnocampa luminosa) are beautiful! ...

More than a week lay ahead of us, during which we had not organized accommodation or work.

We promised to go back to the Abbey Caves yesterday and Paddy had to do his favorite activity again - cave climbing :D This time, without any incidents. We had enough light,...

I'm checking in from my short layover in Whangarei. Originally, Louise and I were planning to take a job as landscape designers. However, it turned out that the employer was not...

Gooooooood Morning Vit... uh, New Zealand of course. What a coffee trip, 18 hours of flying highly recommended..... not😉 now as fast as possible to the booth, let's see if...

Mittags sind wir Richtung Norden aufgebrochen, etwas mehr als 400 Kilometer liegen vor uns, bis wir am Cape Reinga, dem nördlichsten Punkt Neuseelands, ankommen. Auf dem Weg...