Outskirts of Auckland, 90 Mile Beach, Cape Reinga, Bay of Islands I arrived at Auckland Airport at around midnight. There was no one at the arrivals gate for me to run lovingly into the arms of - I had to settle for some searching questions from the bio hazard team regarding my activities in the country whilst in Australia, they then proceeded to take my tent apart looking for living things and then handed it back to me to reassemble in the arrivals lounge. L...

Hitching Around the North of New Zealand Hitch Hiking After a few great days on the Bay of Islands I had to head towards Hot Water beach. This was quite a way away and as the weather was a familiar constant light drissle I decided to aim for Auckland first and then tackle getting to the Coromandel. I walked about 1 mile out of Paihia then dumped my stuff and got started. This was my first time hitch hiking and it took around 40 mins to get my first lift of the...