The northernmost town of any substance is charming little COROMANDEL, 58km north of Thames, huddling beneath high, craggy hills at the head of Coromandel Harbour. It's the jumping-off point for the Coromandel Walkway, 57km away amid the jagged landscape of the northern peninsula, but it's also worth taking time to ride the scenic railway into the hills.
Yay! I won a car on Trade Me! Nissan Sentra 1994 Cost more $1500 and less than $2000 Pick up is Tuesday Packed our bags today. No water cause of ...
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Yay! I won a car on Trade Me! Nissan Sentra 1994 Cost more $1500 and less than $2000 Pick up is Tuesday Packed our bags today. No water cause of council problems with supply so limited doing other stuff. V & E need more days to pack for their trip so we are leaving on Sunday the 13th instead from Pauanui. Left home at 6:30pm to catch our Plane at Dunedin. The Plane was meant to leave at 8:45pm but got delayed until 9:20pm and as a result we flew directly into Auckland where we caught a taxi to stay at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Mangere and didn't get to bed until after midnight.
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A Classic slice of The Coromandel - New Zealand. The Coromandel Peninsula points north into the South Pacific ocean from the North Island of New ...
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A Classic slice of The Coromandel - New Zealand. The Coromandel Peninsula points north into the South Pacific ocean from the North Island of New Zealand. Around 1.5 hours drive east of Auckland (or you can catch a ferry from Auckland across the Hauraki Gulf). The Coromandel is treasured and loved by 'Kiwis' - but often overlooked by international visitors. The Coromandel is a Peninsula of stunning coastline ( one of the more iconic parts, Cathedral Cove, is shown at left), white sand beaches and a rugged interior of bush clad hills rising 500 to 800 meters (2 to 3 thousand feet) out of the sea...
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