A Taste of TairAwhiti on Bikes

2020-11-11T10:33:53+13:00May 11th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , |

“Our mission is for visitors to cycle up an appetite. Not just for Gisborne’s fine food and wine, but also to cycle more often,” enthuses Katrina Duncan, co-owner of Cycle Gisborne. On a sublime blue-sky-and-sea Tairāwhiti day she shared exactly that: cycle ride, cider-taste, cycle, beer-pizza – then cycle a bit more. Katrina and her [...]

Paradise Found – Anaura Bay

2020-11-11T10:33:53+13:00May 11th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Nestled between Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay on the East Cape north of Gisborne, is the beautifully rugged Anaura Bay. It’s about 7km from the main highway, down a winding road that is often only wide enough for a single vehicle. Luckily there is not much traffic out this way, and the view that awaits [...]

North Island Beauty Spot Wins Over Biased South Islander – Coromandel Roadie Part II

2020-11-11T10:33:53+13:00May 11th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Shakespeare Cliff Scenic and Historic Reserve, a promontory above Lonely Bay, offers a breathtaking panorama of the vast Pacific Ocean studded with islands, and the Coromandel Peninsula stretching for miles to the north. The information boards at the summit were so absorbing, I lost track of time. I was fascinated by the story of Kupe’s [...]

Autumn Whirlwind

2020-11-11T10:33:53+13:00May 11th, 2019|Tags: , , , |

Woof woof friends I have been so busy since my last column, I am exhausted woof. We have been visiting so many places I don’t think I can remember them all. Our new home is good, but I have only one local friend who comes up our long drive – grrrr, bit lonely that woofy [...]

Iconic Vintage 1954 Airstream Flying Cloud

2020-11-11T10:33:53+13:00May 11th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , |

Across much of the western world there is a revival happening and it is showing no signs of slowing down. Throughout Canada, USA, Great Britain, much of Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand people are finding, restoring, showing and using vintage and classic caravans. There are online forums being created in all of these countries [...]

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