Coromandel Peninsula is approximately 2 and a half hours plus, south, then weirdly north-ish of Auckland, depending where on the Coromandel you stay. Since kids, both Mike and myself have been holidaying here with our families, as it’s one of the quintessential summer holiday spots in NZ. Every year we still do at least one […]
North Island
A roadtrip to Cape Reinga – Way up north
If you’re done with The Bay is Islands and want a new adventure, just head north up State Highway 1 and you can’t get too lost. Just a mere 2 and a half hours from Kerikeri, you’ll finally make it to the Cape Reinga lighthouse that marks the end of the New Zealand and the […]
Guide to taking a break in the Beautiful Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands is a stunning piece of coastline north of Auckland and south of well, Kaitaia and Houhora. Chances are if you haven’t heard of Paihia, Russell or Urupukapuka you won’t have heard of the others either, so let me fill you in. And then those other places, we’ll get to them after. […]
Raglan – so close, yet so far from Hamilton
Raglan is a quiet seaside town that gets busy over the Summer months as hoards of people rock up to enjoy the good food, sunshine, surf and glorious harbour. It’s one of our go-to spots for a long weekend, because it’s super relaxing, but has the restaurants, shops and activities to keep us happy. What […]
5 places to taste a little wine in the Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay is one of the most incredible wine regions in New Zealand and if you know anything about us, we like to drink wine, so it makes sense this is where I took Mike for his 30th. In two and a half days we hit up 5 wineries and a couple more decent places […]
5 places to eat and drink in the Hawkes Bay – they have all the condiments
This started off as a blog post about where to go, what to do and all the highlights of Hawkes Bay, a very underrated corner of the North Island, New Zealand. However, it quickly became very apparent that this was far more centric of where to eat and drink. Brave Brewing Co. We stepped off […]