On new years day, we slept in a bit. We had a great time ringing in the new year with some newfound friends at the Lime Bar on Ponsonby Rd. We learned that Auckland is a "small town". Folks at the Lime seemed pretty connected. Anyway, celebrated with some local Kiwis and some transplants to New ... Read More
Waitakere Reservoir Foot Bridge in Cascade Kauri [caption id="attachment_644" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sky Tower at New Years 2016[/caption] New Zealand is known for many wonderful hikes that are referred to as "walks" or "tramping", hundreds of them. Nine of them are labeled as ... Read More
This week took us back to the Waitakere Ranges on the Auckland peninsula and to spectacular Bethells Beach, or Te Henga, the Maori name meaning “sand”. The area has beautiful black sand beaches and enormous dunes that originated from the volcanic rocks that have carried it there along the ... Read More
It is Boxing Day here in Auckland, Saturday, and the post Christmas shopping frenzy is underway! We had a terrific Christmas Day roaming some of the very quiet neighborhood streets of Grey Lynn, Ponsonby and Herne Bay. We had not yet made it over to nearby Herne Bay...wow...a beautiful city ... Read More
