Today we started kinda early to make our way to Whakahoro to blue duck Lodge with a few stops on the way :) First stop was at a natural hot river for a swim. It was pretty hot. I didn't go for a swim as we didn't have long but I dipped my feet in. Was a bit smelly from the sulphur but was nice n hot. We then stopped at huka falls. Amazing waterfalls and the water was so blue. This was just a quick stop and we carried on up to blue duck. The weather was amazing ...

We woke up to pouring rain again :( weren't having much luck with the weather. I had got myself ready to do a skydive today but it wasn't looking good in this weather!! As we drove toasted rotorua the weather picked up and it got sunnier n sunnier :). Yayyyy. Rotorua is set in a landscape of erupting geothermal activity. It has a unique smell of sulphur which isn't particularly nice hehe. We went to a living maori village first and had a traditional hangi lunch...

Today again was a morning drive to Hahei or coromandel. On the way we stopped at a hot water beach. As it's in a geothermal area it has spots where u can dig a hole and make your own hot tub on the beach :). Some spots are hotter then others so u had to find the right one. We had a go but as it was Saturday it was really crowded. Mostly dipped our feet in :) In coromandel we had a chance to do a hike to cathedral cove. This is where one of the nania films was fi...

Guess what more rubbish weather. We had the morning on the island but again we couldn't do anything :(. The beach was really nice and we were staying right on it but couldn't make use of it. We kind of did this and that before our pick up at 12. Another ferry to take us back to paihia. We had lunch there before our long drive back to Auckland. On the drive back we stopped at a beautiful waterfall and also the native bird recovery centre. They take in birds whic...

We got the ferry this morning to do a wildlife cruise and get to Urupukapuka island. It wasn't the best day for it as it was cold n cloudy n windy but we trooped on :) Saw some dolphins on the cruise which was really cool and loads of different islands. We saw a rock formation which was called hole in the island which the ferry went through :) We got dropped off on the island lunchtime and then the day was ours to do as we pleased. We were a bit restricted caus...