tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169865556277364121.post4170854058817877508..comments2024-03-22T19:20:13.514+00:00Comments on FreeSpirit : Always a good day when I see a KingfisherIan and Irene Jameisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15619780891302537493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169865556277364121.post-85230380973519753612017-01-05T13:19:01.103+00:002017-01-05T13:19:01.103+00:00If you visit Russell in the Bay of Islands try to ...If you visit Russell in the Bay of Islands try to find the musket ball holes in exterior walls of the wooden church.<br />http://www.naturespic.com/NewZealand/image.asp?id=47645.<br />Also, try to find the time to take the boat and do the "Hole in the Rock" tripTom and Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277996736846008000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169865556277364121.post-91256380362151081962017-01-05T08:28:42.384+00:002017-01-05T08:28:42.384+00:00Irene, the time when driving between Auckland and ...Irene, the time when driving between Auckland and Wellington via Taranaki (New Plymouth) is 10 hours (with NP halfway). Driving down State Highway 1 via Taupo is 8 hours. So not a huge difference, and well worth it.<br />Look on google maps and consider driving down to Taupo, then around the southern edge of it to Kuratau and then to Taumaranui and on down the Forgotten World Highway through Whangmomona to Stratford. <br />Or go down to Taupo, then over to Eight Mile Junction south of Te Kuiti and down through Taranaki.<br />Cheers, Marilyn<br />Marilyn, nb Waka Huiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485346080040799974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169865556277364121.post-6711455924789755732017-01-04T20:06:47.121+00:002017-01-04T20:06:47.121+00:00Thanks for the suggestion. We don't think we w...Thanks for the suggestion. We don't think we will be doing the west coast north of Auckland and our plan is to only go as far as the Bay of Islands. So much to see and do and as we have loads of things on our 'to-do' list on this island, getting from one place to another on the quickest route has to be the priority.Ian and Irene Jameisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619780891302537493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169865556277364121.post-21311109746559209282017-01-04T18:39:25.824+00:002017-01-04T18:39:25.824+00:00Suggestion. Take the West and East Coast roads no...Suggestion. Take the West and East Coast roads north and south rather than the main road up the middle. They are far more scenic!Tom and Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277996736846008000noreply@blogger.com