When backpacking in New Zealand, it’s not uncommon to meet some locals to take you on some epic little adventures. Just look at when we took a crazy trip in a trailer to Fossil Canyon, pretended

It’s like God is taking a shower and Opotiki is her shower tray… That’s our weird way of saying it is p*ssing it down with rain here in Opotiki on the Bay of Plenty. Our plan today w

If you have not figured out from the last two posts, Eastland is a fantastic place for road trips. If New Zealand itself didn’t have enough to explore then travelling the North Island on the eas

After all the rain we had yesterday, we are a little scared to look out of our door at the Hicks Bay Motel and look up at the sky. It’s 4.30am and we want to start our day watching the sunrise f

This is it: Eastland coast sunrise #3! We’ve seen just how beautiful an Eastland sunrise is while surfing in Gisborne and we saw a stellar sunrise from Tatapouri with immense colours in the sky.

We must have really been sleeping in a Maori ancestor’s womb last night because, man, we had a good night sleep! Last night was the first night of our 365 Days: 365 Activities that we slept in a

Gisborne is the first city in the world to see the light of the new day, so we can’t leave “Gizzy” without seeing that first light for ourselves. Dive Tatapouri have made it easy for

It’s our last full day in Gisborne and we’re going to enjoy it in a more relaxed “treat-yo-self” pace. Not every day can be surfing, Rere rocksliding and tandem biking. So toda

There are many ways to explore a city: driving from point A to B, taking a bus, seeing how far your feet will take you, etc. Today, we are exploring the city of Gisborne by bike! Yes, we have been in

We have another super packed day in Gisborne so let’s get straight into it! Boom! After a quick breakfast in our accommodation, YHA Gisborne, we leave the city and head up Wharekopae Road. This