März 2020

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The Farm 🐄🐖🐓🐈🐎🐕🐀

The Farm – a truly special place!
Looking for a place off the beaten track we found ‚The Farm‘, a family run place near the Bay of Islands. We arrived at this dairy farm after following the beautiful Russel Road, a steep and windy way with outstanding views, along Helena & Whangaruru Bay.

Mike & Ellen and their kids formed, together with Wwoofers & volunteers, a community that celebrates rural life.
A diary farm in the first place, but also a destiny for horse lovers, surfers and Yogies, all under one roof. Maori traditions & crafts are lived here to the fullest…in one word: Outstanding!

7. März 2020 0

Waterfalls & Coffee stops

Heading to the east coast we had some lovely stopovers at Matakana and Whangarei.
At Plume Cafe, a real gem when it comes to coffee & lunch, we had a longer stop that lasted from late morning till early afternoon. An entertaining rooster 🐓 in the garden (named Henry, and he was on diet 😅) and lovely shops around the marketplace in Matakana needed time to be explored.

In Whangarei we found a beautiful loop walk around the local waterfall and the chance for our first family picture. Due to the drought over the last few month here on the north island the waterfall wasn’t as impressive as it could have been but it was still nice and definitely worth the stop.

3. März 2020 1

Piha – Surfers Paradies 🏄‍♀️ 🏄

The first stop and a perfect place to get used to our Campervan was Piha. Situated at the west coast, the little village is just a short drive away from Auckland and a go-to spot when it comes to surfing and dramatic scenery (‚The Piano’ was filmed here).

Lions Rock – a gigantic, well, yeah, rock shaped like a lion – divides the long black sanded Piha Beach into two sections.

The local Surf Shop served excellent coffee and minced & cheese pastries. Amélie got her first ‚Jandals‘ ever (Japanese Sandals as the Kiwis say…aka Flip–Flops), Peter got new boardshorts.

And one of us was brave enough to go for the first swim in the ocean… 🙂