If you’re heading for the beachside holiday resorts of The Coromandel region – Whitianga or Whangamata – set aside some time to explore Thames along the way. The main centre of the region, Thames is just a ten-minute detour from the main route between Auckland and The Coromandel’s east coast, and you’ll pass right through [...]
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At the foot of The Coromandel Peninsula on New Zealand’s Pacific Coast Highway is Waihi, a small town with a very rich history. If you’re travelling from Auckland to Tauranga you’ll pass through a series of fascinating towns in the southern Coromandel region and the western Bay of Plenty. There’s Paeroa, the home of New [...]
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The sudden downpours didn’t rain on my parade when I made a flying visit to the Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel in the North Island recently. Why? It was mild, the rain didn’t last long, and before I knew it the sun was beaming down on me again in this tropical paradise!
I can see [...]
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What a beautiful Bay of Plenty morning! As I head over the bridge from Mount Maunganui into Tauranga City the water in the harbour is sparkling under a blue sky. Along The Strand, cafés are already filling up with customers sipping their morning coffees in the sunshine. Tauranga is an excellent spot for café-hopping and [...]
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