On The Road To Taupo
(Mar 07 '07)
"Where better to stop than at the petrol station with an old WWII airplane-as-a-restaurant"
The road to Taupo is like so many of New Zealand's roads, twisty, slow going, perched on the edges of cliffs, ...
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Taupo
(Mar 18 '07)
Well I seem to have started a trend here in the north island....I started out from Wellington at 8:00 AM and I was supposed to arrive in Taupo around 2:00....until we hit the Desert Highway and were ...
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We arrived into Taupo with our rented car on empty for the past 100 and so kilometres (very economical). After much needed petrol we drove out to Taupo ...
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Lake Taupo
(Dec 10 '06)
On Sunday we drove about 250kms to the shores of Lake Taupo, pretty much bang in the centre of the North Island. We arrived really late to a lovely campsite where the kids have spent the day swimming ...
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Lake Taupo is the biggest lake in NZ and Taupo is the town nestling on its shores. The hostel i was staying in was full of triathletes in town ...
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OH MY GOD!
(Mar 09 '06)
I jumped out of an airoplane at 12,000 feet!
WOW! This has to be the most amazing experience of my life! A tandem skydive over the beautiful Lake Taupo, with fantastic views of the surroundning ...
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The adventurer's waiting room
(Oct 17 '06)
"The only reason to stay any length of time here seems to be to wait for better weather..."
17th: Caught the Stray bus early afternoon...not nearly as nice as my first bus, think i was really lucky with ...
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I was really excited to be moving on from Waitomo, and making my way down to Taupo on the bus. The time-miserly Kiwi Experience has scheduled 2 days in for ...
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Huka Falls/ Rock'n'Ropes....more fear!
(Sep 18 '06)
Hi again....still in Wellington catching up on the last week of adventures.
The next day we decided to give the adrenalin a rest and go for a hike to Huka Falls. In truth we were waiting for the ...
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Turangi
(Jul 21 '06)
A few weeks ago me Carter and Lindsey jumped into the big white wagon one Friday night and headed a few hundred kilometres down to a small town called Turangi just south of Lake Taupo. After a ...
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