Urupukapuka is and island in the Bay of Islands an area north of Auckland. We took an overnight camping trip out to the island and enjoyed 2 full days playing on the beaches and running around the hills taking in the views.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Urupukapuka Island
Urupukapuka is and island in the Bay of Islands an area north of Auckland. We took an overnight camping trip out to the island and enjoyed 2 full days playing on the beaches and running around the hills taking in the views.
Cape Reinga
Lake Waikareiti
After our New Years trip and beach vacation Charles and I went for a hike at Lake Waikareiti. It was a beautiful day hike with a nice hut right on the lake. We went for a bit of a swim but it was pretty cold and the sun wasn't shinning too much for us. The adventure didn't end after our hike was over....when we returned to our car we noticed a flat tire. Of course, we were in the middle of nowhere but luckily we were told about a guy that lived 30 minutes away who could fix it for us. So we put on the donut and hit the road :)
Our New Apartment
Friday, March 5, 2010
Pukehine
After our rafting trip we all went to Danni's family beach bach in Pukehine. We sort of missed celebrating New Year's because of the rafting trip so we celebrated a few days later.
Laying on the beach was a great way to relax our muscles after 3 days of rowing. We also spent a lot of time fishing with the Kontiki. If you aren't familiar, it is a torpedo that you send out a few kilometers into the ocean from the shore line with about 20 or so hooks with bait. We were extremely unsuccessful all week until finally on our last attempt we caught 3 fish!
Wanganui River
Hi everyone, so sorry we have been such slackers with the blog. We have a lot to catch up on so we'll do our best to get things up as quickly as we can.
We had a great November and December with family and friends before returning to NZ just after Christmas. Our first adventure when we got back was a 3 day canoe trip down the Wanganui River with Team UK (Hayley & Nick) and Team Kiwi (Danni & John).
The girls seemed to do most of the rowing while the boys attempted to play football between boats. If you haven't attempted this before I'll give you a heads up....you do a lot of back peddling :) We also found a few caves along the way and as you saw we were up to our knees in mud!
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