Greenies up North!

Mmmkay so have returned from a fabulous Greenpeace tour up to Northland which means I FINALLY have some photos to show off :D

Had some fun whilst working, went and had a swim in the waterfall pool you can see there (crikey it was cold lol), and also had a brilliant barbeque last night, as well as copious amounts of booze all week...which may have something to do with my fairly poor work results lol.

Gonna be hitting work hard after the bank holiday weekend so I don't get fired :D Other than that, am planning a trip to Hobbiton at some point in November for those Lord of the Rings fans reading....wee!

Haruru Falls

Went on a 12km hike yesterday afternoon to and from some spectacular waterfalls. Leaving Northland today :< I will miss it, was a lovely trip.

Bay of Islands

Went on a boat trip yesterday around the Bay of Islands searching for dolphins - and we found some! We weren't allowed to swim with them though since they had some baby dolphins in the pod, but oh well still kewl.

Northland Exploration part 2

Same day as previous blog post - We went to a lovely little beach for lunch, Fred and I had a little dip in the ocean before we ate though! (Christ it was cold :D)
Then the best part of the day - SANDBOARDING!!! Omg the most fun activity to date, grabbing a small surf board and dragging it up an 80 foot sand dune. Then hurtling down it!!! I fell off my first time, but managed it the next two times! Got absolutely covered with sand in every pore though, yuck!
We then moved on to the Ninety Mile Beach (No it's not 90 miles long, ask me why it's called that when I get back), and saw some fine scenery, and a seal + some wild horses.
Very busy!

Northland Exploration part 1

Busy day today - first off went to a forest with some VERY large trees (thanks to Nate for being a super model lol), then headed to the most northern point of New Zealand, complete with lighthouse. Was interesting seeing the Pacific meet the Tasman sea - all photos shown were taken within 5 minutes of each other - the turquoise colour sea is the Tasman, whilst the grey one is the Pacific (which incidentally was actually warmer). Massive difference between the two oceans, quite wierd.

Road to Paihia

Took a trip with Stray Travel up Northland way, and got to meet a real Kiwi! Note: it's incredibly rare to get this close to a Kiwi; bear in mind to stroke one.

And it's sunny up north! Weeee!