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 Sheep along the spectacular
Kaiwaka Road. by Kakapo2, 1 more photos
It did not disappoint us. Not only the landscape was fantastic (although not as Grand Canyon like as the one before) but we also saw a lot of sheep. I admit, sometimes we stopped in a curve for a photo - but as there was no one apart from us and all those sheep it did not really matter. (And at least we kept an eye on probable traffic...) We remember this hour-long drive dearly.
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 by Bernd_L
The falls are located next to the road. From a lookout at the highway you have a splendid view over a green gorge where the river falls 35 meters into a basin surrounded by forest.
A small path leads down to the falls (about 5 minutes) but if it's rainy it's a dangerous walk. Leave a Comment
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We never would have seen this waterfall, if I hadn't known VT-member kiwi. Pam, who lives in Matamata, guided us to this attraction which isn't mentioned in all the travelguides I've read about New Zealand. And it turned out to be one of the most impressive things we saw during this vacation.
The water of a normally small river drops over the egde of the Kaimai Range building the highest waterfall of the North Island. When we visited it it had rained a lot over the previous days and the amount of water coming down had increased dramatically.
It wasn't easy to go up to the falls, because we had to follow a small track along the river bed that had been flooded at several places. But the efforts were well worth it. Even Pam, who lives nearby, had never seen the falls with that much water.
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see Pams 'off the beaten path tip' about the falls. As a local she can describe the way much butter than I can recall it. Leave a Comment
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After our road trip round the North Island we spent some relaxing days at Matarangi Beach on Coromandel peninsula. Matarangi offers more than 4 kilometers of beautiful white sandy beach were you can swim or simply lay down reading a book.
If you want more activity you can go fishing, diving, hiking, sailing, water-skiing or play golf in a beautifully located course.
Matarangi is a luxury retreat with holiday-homes of wealthier New Zealanders. As far as I know there are no hotels or motels. But they have some rental homes. We stayed at the Matarangi Beach Chalets. Leave a Comment
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 Cottage in Norsewood by nada1712
This turn -of -the -century cottage is in Norsewood near Dannevirke Southen Hawkes Bay Leave a Comment
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