After a short 1 hour drive from Waimate we decided to do the Benmore Peninsula Track as our walk for the day. The track is shared in parts with mountain bikes but 80% of the track is for walking
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Mount Maunganui is a great location with a really nice feel about it. We mainly wanted to do the walk to the top of the mount but did enjoy a swim in the ocean with the sea temperature sitting at a warm 20 degrees!
The highlight of Rotorua is the Redwoods Treewalk as pictured above. The photos really don’t do it justice. Over 700 metres long with 28 suspension bridges which are bloody narrow but very cool.
Our walk to Cooks Cove took just on 30 mins with a few stops on the way to admire and take photos of the view. Cooks Cove is where Captain James Cook stopped in 1769 as part of his navigation of New Zealand.
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It is a short walk on the sand and then onto rocks for the remainder of the walk. We for some reason decided to do it barefoot which was stupid because the rocks were hot as it was a stunning day and this resulted in us burning the bottom of our feet by time we made our return journey.
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We checked out all the old Art Deco buildings throughout the city centre. We then headed out to Marine Parade and walked along the beach.
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Our first visit for the day was to Putangirua Pinnacles which are seen in the Lord of the Rings.
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We drove to Kaikoura on Friday night and stayed at the Kaikoura Trotting Club which is an NZMCA park for its members. Plenty of other motorhomes and campervans in for the night. Quick walk to the beach for a photo of the Kaikoura coastline. Fish and chips was the only way to go when arriving
This was our first visit to Peel Forest! We stayed at the Peel Forest Doc Campground which has amazing facilities (even a hot shower) and lots of space to park up!
We arrived in Lake Pukaki late at night and decided to drive through it and stay at Lake Wardell Rest Area Overnight Campervan Parking. It was an awesome spot and reasonably busy, it is great for freedom campers like us with plenty of space and the cleanest toilet facilities. The next morning, we headed back
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