The first thing we learn about New Plymouth is that the majority of New Zealanders don’t really understand why we’ve decided to go to New Plymouth. Most people, after we tell them we’re going, respond with ‘So what’s there then aye?’ I guess expecting us to say we’re staying with family or working. The idea …
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Hastings Days 7 – 10: Napier and Traveling to New Plymouth
On the Sunday of our weekend, we had planned on going to Napier. This unfortunately fell through due to a couple of factors. Firstly, there’s very few Sunday buses from Hastings to Napier. Secondly, Tilly had a casting tape to submit for something her agent sent over and, without wanting to possibly place blame, it …
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Hastings Days 5 and 6 – Sheep Herding and Te Mata Peak Trail
Sheep herders, that’s what we are now. Not arts types, not football fans. Sheep herders. As we work, we’re introduced to a sheep born two days ago. It seems insane to think that, for every single one of us reading this, there was a point when someone referred to you as being X days old. …
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Hastings Days 1 to 4 – Workin’
The Hanna farm is a lovely place for our first Workaway experience. On Monday, morning 1, we are shown the Boysenberry crop and the virus that aims to starve the fruit of sunlight. We, armed with buckets tied around our waist and gloves, are tasked to pick off the virus heads. We set about our …
Rotorua Days 3,4 and 5 – Tarawera Trail, Birthday Party and Leaving
We’ve seen the leaflet for Tarawera trail in the tourist information and already fallen in love with how beautiful it looks and excited by the hot springs, but like any tinder profile the leaflet and trail fail to mention its baggage. The hills. The kind of hills that after you’ve climbed straight up for 30 …
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Rotorua Day 2 – Hobbiton
On a bus from Rotorua, there sat a would be Hobbit, she did not have curly hair but made up for it with her love for mushrooms and her hairy feet. Honestly booking this trip almost made me cry in of itself and there was definitely some tears as we left, fortunately I do the …
Rotorua Day 1 – Exploring the Town
Today is our first day in Rotorua. We’re staying with a friend of my (David) Dad. I’d like to really briefly touch on this. Picture the scene, its 1998. Everyone is walking round, desperately looking for some way to ignore everyone around them because phones haven’t been invented, and you didn’t all used to talk …
Auckland Day 4 Devonport and Traveling to Rotorua
The day started with no tea. The new hostel we are staying in had no endless supply of tea that our first place had and which we had become accustomed to. So the day started poorly and as we left the hostel it rained continuously. The main upside of this morning is that the way …
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Auckland Day 3 – Mount Eden
You don’t think jet lag is going to effect you, then you’re in bed at 7:30PM on a Saturday night and you think to yourself, this isn’t jet lag, this is a normal decision for a very tired adult that’s just had a long flight and is adjusting. I did the rational thing in that …
Auckland Day 2 – Sky Tower and Waterfall
You see the title and you think, he’s going to do a TLC reference isn’t he? WELL AM NO. So there. We woke up Saturday morning and immediately noticed it was a clear day. We’d spoken about wanting to do the sky tower but, given its winter and the weathers very England, we didn’t want …
Denny and Debbie's Little Big Adventure 