Filed Under (Uncategorized) by greengirlsydney on 27-08-2009
Ensure the safety of your motorhome hire australia holiday. Keep in mind some few fire safety tips advised by NSW Fire Brigades.
Remember that LPG is flammable, heavier than air and may remain in areas for some time.
Don’t park you car or tow vehicle in long dry grass.
Use alcohol responsibly when camping or caravaning.
Check for gas leaks using soapy water only.
Never put flammable liquids on campfires.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by greengirlsydney on 29-07-2009
Campervan hire New Zealand is becoming popular as the tourism grows largely every year. With New Zealand’s total land area of 270,535 sq Km about the size of Italy, the United Kingdom or the US state of Colorado.
North Island is volcanically active with a central plateau. South Island has the high snow covered mountain peaks and glaciers of the Southern Alps, a range running almost 500Km / 300miles along the Island. Motorhome rental New Zealand can either be automatic or manual transmission, with diesel or petrol engines. They will accommodate 2-6 people, and are a great way to travel New Zealand wonders.

There are a huge number of campgrounds, holiday parks, or caravan parks available for your motorhome new zealand. Powered sites would have a plug-in power point, drain, water and ussually have shower areas, toilet, and a laundry facility. Non powered sites have a few of these facilities. Parking on the roadside or free camping is camping away from the camping grounds. This is allowed in most areas of New Zealand. However this will be a lot of work on your motorhome’s gas.
Being self-contained, you can drive while your coffee maker is brewing on your motorhome’s kitchenette.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by greengirlsydney on 16-07-2009
Before leaving Kawakawa we spent a good lunch just across the road from the Hundertwasser and the food were really delicious I mean It looked a lot like a coffee shop and It wasn’t on my expectation that they’d serve foods that well. I couldn’t say anything against the staff, they accommodate their diners well and it seems they have loyal customers or perhaps they get used to tourist visiting the Hundertwasser.
Kawakawa is 16 kms to Paihia we follow SH11 to Paihia the gateway to the Bay of Islands as it is a home of 144 spectacular islands of the Bay. You can imagine a place surrounded by tourist and vacationers. You will never run out of activities in Paihia there are golf courses but it wasn’t that interesting for us to do since we were more about the bay itself. There are plenty of accommodations from backpackers to family renters, but we were up to look for campgrounds for our motorhome (Campervan hire New Zealand) and we got a good one along Puketona Road.

Paihia was a great place after our beach buffets all the way from Warkworth. We went kayaking up the Waitangi River to Haruru Falls and it turned out so fun and really an awesome experience we were kind of soaked because of the crazy things we did while kayaking. We spent the rest of the day walking through the bays and the taking advantage of the smell of the mangroves greeting us along the way as we would not be smelling it back home in Australia.
We began the next day with a short cruise on the Bay of Islands and plenty of speedy boats are boarded with tourist exploring the bay too. Passing on the hole of the rock was nice it wasn’t that thrilling though because rode a medium sized speed boat. It was more joyful to see dolphins, plenty of dolphins I could have stretched my had to touch them if we had a smaller boat. There are several remote islands on the bay that I wished to explore the rest behind its golden sand and calm trees.
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by greengirlsydney on 15-07-2009
Saying goodbye to Whangarei wasn’t hard, because we are heading to Kawakawa and that means more beach bonding! So taking the road again starting from the Whangarei. If you are coming from the south follow State Highway 1 through Whangarei until you reach a roundabout and take the road left. However if you are coming from north still follow State Highway 1 until you see signs for Kamo turn right and head for the coast. Great beaches and I might say secluded beaches settle the coast of Ngunguru, Tutukaka and Matapouri. The Ngunguru town is small that will welcome you with stunning, like a secret, solemn and very safe beaches to swim to. Its river is one of its attractions too, nice place to picnic, swim and to enjoy wind surfing. The river too is popular for boating and kayaking so its not a dull place to have a stop. You can also find a number of holiday homes and accommodations in Ngunguru if you wish to stay for more days which are really tempting because you can find them a few walks away from the beaches and the river. With everybody tired and from all activities we spent the night in a holiday park nearby with our motorhome. We wanted to give ourselves a sort of fine accommodation but the beach house had this 2 days of minimum and that’s not how long we intended to stay. Morning and everyone excited to leave to Paihia. We spent couple of hours exploring Tutukaka the gateway to the Poor Knights Islands, it was a miss not to be able to spend a dive in Tutukaka as it is a premier dive site like no other even for first timers. The waters are calm and great areas are perfect for master divers as well.

Alright so moving on to head to Kawakawa we pass on the same road, turning right towards the inlet coastal town of Whananaki, you will find the beautiful Barrons beach and Kings beach between those beaches is a camping site and a picturesque. Heading back to SH1 we visited the caves and glowworms at Waiomio. And strange but you might want to take a slight detour left off the road into the Kawakawa township and take a look at Kawakawa’s famous Hundertwasser toilets. If you drive from Whangarei straight to Kawakawa it will take you 45 minutes. One of the top rated attractions in town is a relic of the early settlement is Kawakawa Mission House, built in 1832 and thus the second-oldest surviving European building in New Zealand.